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Monsier Batignole is a French box office hit film released in 2002. The film was directed by Gérard Jugnot and featured Gérard Jugnot, Jules Sitruk, Jean-Paul Rouve, Götz Burger, Michèle Garcia and Alexia Portal in the lead role. The film depicts the story of French grocer Gérard Jugnot helping a young Jewish boy reach Switzerland safely. The film showed that on one side there were people who wanted to own and enjoy whatever property belonging to the Jews that had been confiscated by the German Army, and on the other were people like Edmond Batignole, who kept his sense of humanity and wanted to help the homeless Jewish boy.
Original Release
03/06/2002
US Release
10/30/2002
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jules Sitruk | Simon Bernstein |
Gérard Jugnot | Edmond Batignole |
Michèle Garcia | Marguerite Batignole |
Jean-Paul Rouve | Pierre-Jean Lamour |
Alexia Portal | Micheline Batignole |
Violette Blanckaert | Sarah Cohen |
Daphné Baiwir | Guila Cohen |
Gotz Burger | SS Col. Spreich |
Elisabeth Commelin | Irène |
Hubert Saint-Macary | Gendarmerie lieutenant |
Directors
Writers
Gérard Jugnot, Philippe Lopes-Curval
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jules Sitruk | Simon Bernstein |
Gérard Jugnot | Edmond Batignole |
Michèle Garcia | Marguerite Batignole |
Jean-Paul Rouve | Pierre-Jean Lamour |
Alexia Portal | Micheline Batignole |
Violette Blanckaert | Sarah Cohen |
Daphné Baiwir | Guila Cohen |
Gotz Burger | SS Col. Spreich |
Elisabeth Commelin | Irène |
Hubert Saint-Macary | Gendarmerie lieutenant |
Daniel Martin | Brigadier Albert |
Nadine Spinoza | Rachel Bernstein |
Damien Jouillerot | Martin |
Philippe du Janerand | Administrateur |
Marie-Gaëlle Cals | Edwige |
Flannan Obé | Paul |
Karine Pinoteau | Infirmière train / Infirmière du train |
Didier Lafaye | Indic village |
Christophe Rouzaud | Curé village |
Sylvie Herbert | Concierge Montmartre |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Gérard Jugnot | Producer |
Dominique Farrugia | Producer |
Olivier Granier | Producer |