poster
Monsieur Batignole
First aired on Mar 6, 2002
70%

Genres: 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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
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
Featured Crew
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Gérard Jugnot | Screenplay
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Jean-Louis Povéda | Production Design
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Khalil Chahine | Original Music Composer
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Dominique Farrugia | Producer
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Gérard Jugnot | Producer
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Catherine Kelber | Editor