Le vieil homme et l'enfant (1967)

Director:

Claude Berri

Writers:

Claude Berri (writer)
Gérard Brach (writer)
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Release Date:

19 February 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Claude is a Jew. Because of the risks of an arrest (France is occupied by the Nazis), his parents send him away to an elderly couple in the country...

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | France | Jew | Vichy | Young Boy

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Michel Simon	...	Pepe
Alain Cohen	...	Claude
Charles Denner	...	Claude's Father
Luce Fabiole	...	Mèmè
Roger Carel	...	Victor
Paul Préboist	...	Maxime
Jacqueline Rouillard	...	Teacher
Aline Bertrand	...	Raymonde
Sylvine Delannoy	...	Suzanne
Zorica Lozic	...	Claude's Mother
Marco Perrin	...	The Priest
Elisabeth Rey	...	Dinou, Maxime's daughter
Didier Perret	...	Dinou's brother
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kinou	...	Le chien
Denise Péron
Yves Boussus	...	Man in toy shop. (uncredited)

Directed by
Claude Berri

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Claude Berri		writer
Gérard Brach		writer
Michel Rivelin		writer

Produced by
Paul Cadéac	....	producer
André Hunebelle	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Georges Delerue

Cinematography by
Jean Penzer

Film Editing by
Denise Charvein
Sophie Coussein

Set Decoration by
Georges Lévy
Maurice Petri

Costume Design by
Jacques Cottin

Production Management
Jean Darvey	....	production supervisor
Noel Mouton	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claude Confortès	....	assistant director
Philippe Garrel	....	assistant director
Pierre Grunstein	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Jean Labussière	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean Chiabaut	....	camera operator

Production Companies

• P.A.C.
• Renn Productions
• Valoria Films

Distributors

• Rialto Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Cinema V (1968) (USA) (subtitled)
• Columbia Pictures Home Video (1981) (USA) (VHS) (dubbed)
• Criterion Collection, The (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Valoria Films

Also Known As:

Claude
The Old Man and the Boy
The Two of Us (USA)

Runtime:

90 min | USA:86 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:15

Company:

P.A.C.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004)

A young child uses logic to challenge the prejudices of an old man

This movie shows the power of the media in shaping the minds of simple folk, filling them with irrational prejudices. This shaping is what leads to the rise of totalitarian governments and to Islamic fascism. The best way to fight this, is to have the chance to live with and directly influence, by subtly challenging these prejudices with reason and logic. But the logician, in this case was a nine year old boy who lives in the country with an elderly couple as a way of surviving the final years of Nazi occupied France. The movie is very touching and meaningful. Filmed in black and white, which gives the movies a war time feel. The on-screen relationship between the old man and the young boy, which helps each to grow, is what good story telling is all about.