
Monsieur Batignole
Comedy · Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Gérard Jugnot
Gérard Jugnot
Edmond Batignole
Gérard Jugnot
Edmond Batignole


Jules Sitruk
Jules Sitruk
Simon Bernstein
Jules Sitruk
Simon Bernstein


Michèle Garcia
Michèle Garcia
Marguerite Batignole
Michèle Garcia
Marguerite Batignole


Jean-Paul Rouve
Jean-Paul Rouve
Pierre-Jean Lamour
Jean-Paul Rouve
Pierre-Jean Lamour


Alexia Portal
Alexia Portal
Micheline Batignole
Alexia Portal
Micheline Batignole


Violette Blanckaert
Violette Blanckaert
Sarah Cohen
Violette Blanckaert
Sarah Cohen


Daphné Baiwir
Daphné Baiwir
Guila Cohen
Daphné Baiwir
Guila Cohen


Götz Burger
Götz Burger
SS Col. Spreich
Götz Burger
SS Col. Spreich


Élisabeth Commelin
Élisabeth Commelin
Irène
Élisabeth Commelin
Irène


Hubert Saint-Macary
Hubert Saint-Macary
Gendarmerie lieutenant
Hubert Saint-Macary
Gendarmerie lieutenant
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