Monsieur Batignole

Released

March 6, 2002

Runtime: 1h 40m

Monsieur Batignole
FrenchComedyDrama

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.

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Cast & Crew

  • Gérard Jugnot

    Gérard Jugnot

    Edmond Batignole

  • Jules Sitruk

    Jules Sitruk

    Simon Bernstein

  • Michèle Garcia

    Michèle Garcia

    Marguerite Batignole

  • Jean-Paul Rouve

    Jean-Paul Rouve

    Pierre-Jean Lamour

  • Alexia Portal

    Alexia Portal

    Micheline Batignole

  • Violette Blanckaert

    Violette Blanckaert

    Sarah Cohen

  • Daphné Baiwir

    Daphné Baiwir

    Guila Cohen

  • Götz Burger

    Götz Burger

    SS Col. Spreich

  • Élisabeth Commelin

    Élisabeth Commelin

    Irène

  • Hubert Saint-Macary

    Hubert Saint-Macary

    Gendarmerie lieutenant

  • Daniel Martin

    Daniel Martin

    Brigadier Albert

  • Nadine Spinoza

    Nadine Spinoza

    Rachel Bernstein

  • Damien Jouillerot

    Damien Jouillerot

    Martin

  • Philippe du Janerand

    Philippe du Janerand

    René, administrator

  • Marie-Gaëlle Cals

    Marie-Gaëlle Cals

    Edwige

  • Flannan Obé

    Flannan Obé

    Paul

  • Karine Pinoteau

    Karine Pinoteau

    Nurse on the train

  • Didier Lafaye

    Didier Lafaye

    Village informant

  • Gérard Jugnot

    Gérard Jugnot

    Director

  • Gérard Jugnot

    Gérard Jugnot

    Screenplay

  • Philippe Lopes-Curval

    Philippe Lopes-Curval

    Screenplay

Media

Monsieur Batignole | NextWatch