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A Self-Made Hero

A Self-Made Hero

1996•1h 47m•6.9/10
DramaWarComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.9/10(113)

Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator.

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Production

Alicéléo, Cofimage 7, Lumière, Studio Images 2, France 3 Cinéma, M6 Films, Initial Groupe

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Mathieu Kassovitz

Mathieu Kassovitz

Albert Dehousse

Anouk Grinberg

Anouk Grinberg

Servane

Sandrine Kiberlain

Sandrine Kiberlain

Yvette

Albert Dupontel

Albert Dupontel

Dionnet

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Albert Dehousse (old)

Nadia Barentin

Nadia Barentin

Madame Louvier / Madame Revuz / The General's Wife

Bernard Bloch

Bernard Bloch

Ernst

François Chattot

François Chattot

Louvier

Philippe Duclos

Philippe Duclos

Caron

Danièle Lebrun

Danièle Lebrun

Madame Dehousse

Armand de Baudry d'Asson

Man "English girls"

Wilfred Benaïche

Wilfred Benaïche

Henry Nervoix

François Berléand

François Berléand

Monsieur Jo

Philippe Bérodot

Philippe Bérodot

Leguen

Gilles Del Frate

The Partisan

Stefan Elbaum

'Little Versailles' Man 1

Marc Ernotte

De Vaincourt

Jérôme Floch

Etienne

Isabelle Gruault

Isabelle Gruault

Lutétia, Young Woman

Donatien Guillot

Knickerbocker

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