Monsieur Batignole

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.

Details

Cast

Gérard Jugnot

Edmond Batignole

Jules Sitruk

Simon Bernstein

Michèle Garcia

Marguerite Batignole

Jean-Paul Rouve

Pierre-Jean Lamour

Alexia Portal

Micheline Batignole

Violette Blanckaert

Sarah Cohen

Daphné Baiwir

Guila Cohen

Götz Burger

SS Col. Spreich

Élisabeth Commelin

Irène

Hubert Saint-Macary

Gendarmerie lieutenant

Daniel Martin

Brigadier Albert

Nadine Spinoza

Rachel Bernstein

Damien Jouillerot

Martin

Philippe du Janerand

René, administrator

Marie-Gaëlle Cals

Edwige

Flannan Obé

Paul

Karine Pinoteau

Nurse on the train

Didier Lafaye

Village informant

Christophe Rouzaud

Village priest

Sylvie Herbert

Cohens' concierge in Montmartre