Monsieur Batignole
Monsieur Batignole
Release: 2002-03-06
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 7.0
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
TF1 Films Production
Novo Arturo Films
RF2K Productions
Turkhoise
Cast
Didier Lafaye
as Village informant
Ticky Holgado
as Lucien Morel
Thierry Heckendorn
as Commissioner (uncredited)
Eric Moreau
as Server (uncredited)
Michel Scourneau
as (uncredited)
Karina Marimon
as Neighbor on the train
Jean-Marie Winling
as Sacha Guitry
Yves Lavandier
as Léon Batignole
Jules Sitruk
as Simon Bernstein
Michèle Garcia
as Marguerite Batignole
Götz Burger
as SS Col. Spreich
Élisabeth Commelin
as Irène
Arthur Jugnot
as Arthur
Marie-Hélène Lentini
as Mrs. Taillepied (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Rouve
as Pierre-Jean Lamour
Alexia Portal
as Micheline Batignole
Philippe du Janerand
as René, administrator
Eric Civanyan
as Gallery owner
Christophe Rouzaud
as Village priest
Roland Marchisio
as Deposit keeper
Michel Dodane
as Neighbor on the train
Sam Karmann
as Max Bernstein
Till Bahlmann
as Soldier at the Station (uncredited)
Ursula Deuker
as Secretary of Spreich (uncredited)
Wolfgang Pissors
as Suspicious SS soldier (uncredited)
Jörg Schnass
as SS soldier (uncredited)
Violette Blanckaert
as Sarah Cohen
Daphné Baiwir
as Guila Cohen
Hubert Saint-Macary
as Gendarmerie lieutenant
Daniel Martin
as Brigadier Albert
Nadine Spinoza
as Rachel Bernstein
Damien Jouillerot
as Martin
Karine Pinoteau
as Nurse on the train
Sylvie Herbert
as Cohens' concierge in Montmartre
Flannan Obé
as Paul
Gérard Jugnot
as Edmond Batignole
Marie-Gaëlle Cals
as Edwige
Crew
Khalil Chahine
Original Music Composer
Gérard Simon
Director of Photography
Philippe Lopes-Curval
Screenplay
Françoise Menidrey
Casting
Hervé Ruet
First Assistant Director
Claude Villand
Sound Mixer
Dominique Farrugia
Producer
Catherine Kelber
Editor
Martine Rapin
Costume Design
Jean-Louis Povéda
Production Design
Sandra Mainguené
Casting
Gérard Jugnot
Screenplay, Producer, Director
Michel Kharat
Sound
Rodolphe Chabrier
Visual Effects Supervisor