Pitchi-Poï ou La parole donnée (1967)

8.0/10 148 min Drama

Overview

May 1944, in Provence, a young Jewish woman fleeing Nazi persecution, entrusts her three-month-old granddaughter to a stranger, Mathieu, a solitary shepherd who will raise her alone. Once the war is over, he will leave with her, in search of the mother. A research that will last more than twenty years and that will lead them to several European countries.

Cast

Georges Rouquier

Mathieu

Claude Marcault

The mother

Hermine Karagheuz

Rogation

Christiane Lénier

The employee of the Jewish organization

John Littleton

The black soldier

Rita Maiden

Rita

Jean Berger

The investigating judge

Dominique Zardi

A German soldier

Clément Bairam

First gendarme

Maurice Travail

Second gendarme

Yvonne Claudie

The old Jewess

Jacques Préboist

The farm boy

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