Overview
In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis to arrest the Jewish Bernstein family, they move to the confiscated apartment. Some days later, the young Simon Bernstein escapes from the Germans and comes to his former home. When Batignole finds him, he feels sorry for the boy and lodges him, hiding Simon from Pierre-Jean and also from his wife. Later, two cousins of Simon meet him in the cellar of the grocery. When Pierre-Jean finds the children, Batignole decides to travel with the children to Switzerland.
Director and cast
- Gérard Jugnot Director
- Gérard Jugnot as Edmond Batignole
- Jules Sitruk as Simon Bernstein
- Michèle Garcia as Marguerite Batignole
- Jean-Paul Rouve as Pierre-Jean Lamour
- Alexia Portal as Micheline Batignole
- Violette Blanckaert as Sarah Cohen
- Daphné Baiwir as Guila Cohen
- Götz Burger as SS Col. Spreich
- Élisabeth Commelin as Irène
- Hubert Saint-Macary as Gendarmerie lieutenant
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