A Self-Made Hero

A Self-Made Hero

107 mins | Drama, War | May 15, 1996

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.

A Self-Made Hero

107 mins | Drama, War | May 15, 1996

A Self-Made Hero
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers France 3 Cinéma, M6 Films, Studio Images 2, Alicéléo, Cofimage 7, Lumière, Initial Groupe
Original title Un héros très discret
Directors Claude Luquet, Serge Onteniente, Jacques Audiard
Writers Jean-François Deniau, Alain Le Henry, Jacques Audiard

Cast

Mathieu Kassovitz

as Albert Dehousse

Anouk Grinberg

as Servane

Sandrine Kiberlain

as Yvette

Albert Dupontel

as Dionnet

Jean-Louis Trintignant

as Albert Dehousse (old)

Nadia Barentin

as Madame Louvier / Madame Revuz / The General's Wife

Bernard Bloch

as Ernst

François Chattot

as Louvier

Philippe Duclos

as Caron

Danièle Lebrun

as Madame Dehousse

Armand de Baudry d'Asson

as Man "English girls"

Wilfred Benaïche

as Henry Nervoix

François Berléand

as Monsieur Jo

Philippe Bérodot

as Leguen

Gilles Del Frate

as The Partisan

Stefan Elbaum

as 'Little Versailles' Man 1

Marc Ernotte

as De Vaincourt

Jérôme Floch

as Etienne

Isabelle Gruault

as Lutétia, Young Woman

Donatien Guillot

as Knickerbocker

Philippe Harel

as Information Officer

Christophe Kourotchkine

as 'Little Versailles' Man 2

Philippe Lehembre

as Maître Becquard

François Levantal

as Delavelle

Patrick Ligardes

as Malbert

Clotilde Mollet

as Odette

Philippe Nahon

as The Général

Yann Pradal

as FFI 1

Bruno Putzulu

as Meyer

Georges Siatidis

as Beauchamps

Laurent Vacher

as Maldoror Man

Yves Verhoeven

as Boutin

David Fernandes

as Albert (child)

Xavier Arcache

as Jean Caron (child)

Éléonore Godeau

as Little Girl At Kiosk

Anne Villette

as Violin

Vincent Segal

as Cello

Marc Marder

as Double-Bass