The Statement
The Statement
Release: 2003-12-12
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 5.6
Drama
Thriller
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...
Production Countries
France
United Kingdom
Canada
Production Companies
BBC Film
Sony Pictures Classics
Company Pictures
Serendipity Point Films
Odessa Films
Astral Media
Téléfilm Canada
Corus Entertainment
Movision
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Alan Bates
as Armand Bertier
Ciarán Hinds
as Pochon
Frank Finlay
as Commissaire Vionnet
Matt Craven
as David Manenbaum
Noam Jenkins
as Michael Levy
Christian Erickson
as Father Joseph
Joseph Malerba
as Max
Michael Caine
as Pierre Brossard
Jeremy Northam
as Colonel Roux
Charlotte Rampling
as Nicole
William Hutt
as Le Moyne
Peter Wight
as Inspector Cholet
David de Keyser
as Dom André (as David De Keyser)
Dominic Gould
as Captain Durand
Malcolm Sinclair
as Cardinal of Lyon
Colin Salmon
as Father Patrice
John Neville
as Old Man
Peter Hudson
as Professor Valentin
Edward Petherbridge
as Dom Vladimir
Joseph Long
as Bishop
Wolfgang Pissors
as German Soldier
Daniel Lundh
as Bertier's Secretary
Tilda Swinton
as Annemarie Livi