The two of us [videorecording] = Le vieil homme et l'enfant / Janus Films ; Pathé! ; Renn Production/Pac-Valoria Films ; André Hunebelle presents a film by Claude Berri ; a Rialto Pictures release ; director, Claude Berri ; screenplay, Claude Berri, Gérard Brach, with the collaboration of Michel Rivelin ; producers, André Hunebelle, Paul Cadéac.
Title from container. Based on director Claude Berri's own childhood experiences. Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. Special features: "Le poulet" (1962), director Claude Berri's Oscar-winning short film; new video interviews with Berri and actor Alain Cohen; interviews from 1967 with Berri and Michel Simon; excerpt from "The Jewish children of occupied France," a 1975 French talk-show segment featuring Berri and the woman who helped secure his family's safety during World War II; original theatrical trailer; plus a booklet featuring a new essay by critic David Sterritt, an appreciation of the film by François Truffaut, and excerpts from Berri's memoir. Michel Simon, Roger Carel, Paul Préboist, Luce Fabiole, Alain Cohen, Charles Denner, Jacqueline Rouillard, Marco Perrin, Aline Bertrand, Sylvine Delannoy, Zorica Lozic, Elisabeth Rey, Didier Perret, and featuring the children of Biviers and St.-Vincent-de-Mercuze.
Summary:
A Jewish boy living in Nazi-occupied Paris is sent by his parents to the countryside to live with an elderly Catholic couple until France's liberation. Forced to hide his identity, eight-year-old Claude bonds with the irascible, staunchly anti-Semitic Grampa, who improbably becomes his friend and confidant.
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