The Statement

The Statement

120 mins | Drama, Thriller | Dec. 12, 2003

The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...

The Statement

120 mins | Drama, Thriller | Dec. 12, 2003

The Statement
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Sony Pictures Classics, BBC Films, Serendipity Point Films, Téléfilm Canada, Odessa Films, Movision, Astral Media, Corus Entertainment, Company Pictures
Original title The Statement
Directors Emilie Barbault, Dominique Piat, Norman Jewison
Writers Brian Moore, Ronald Harwood

Cast

Michael Caine

as Pierre Brossard

Tilda Swinton

as Annemarie Livi

Jeremy Northam

as Colonel Roux

Alan Bates

as Armand Bertier

Charlotte Rampling

as Nicole

John Neville

as Old Man

Ciarán Hinds

as Pochon

Frank Finlay

as Commissaire Vionnet

William Hutt

as Le Moyne

Matt Craven

as David Manenbaum

Noam Jenkins

as Michael Levy

Peter Wight

as Inspector Cholet

Malcolm Sinclair

as Cardinal of Lyon

Colin Salmon

as Father Patrice

David de Keyser

as Dom André (as David De Keyser)

Christian Erickson

as Father Joseph

Dominic Gould

as Captain Durand

Peter Hudson

as Professor Valentin

Irene Palko

as Clotilde

George Wills

as Young Brossard (as George Williams)

Edward Petherbridge

as Dom Vladimir

John Boswall

as Father Léo

Joseph Long

as Bishop

Wolfgang Pissors

as German Soldier

Daniel Lundh

as Bertier's Secretary