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