Les enfants du diable

Les enfants du diable

117 mins | War | June 23, 1994

In 1940, a young teacher who dreams of the Mediterranean is appointed to a remote village in Lozère. Despite the war and the savagery of the world, he awakens in his pupils a spirit of peace and humanism. But he will have to leave the refuge of childhood and books to become involved in the obligatory violence of the resistance.

Les enfants du diable

117 mins | War | June 23, 1994

Les enfants du diable
In 1940, a young teacher who dreams of the Mediterranean is appointed to a remote village in Lozère. Despite the war and the savagery of the world, he awakens in his pupils a spirit of peace and humanism. But he will have to leave the refuge of childhood and books to become involved in the obligatory violence of the resistance.
Producers JBA Production, ZDF, France 3, CYRK, TV3
Original title Les enfants du diable
Directors Claude Gaignaire
Writers Claude Gaignaire

Cast

François Négret

as The teacher

Jean-Pierre Aumont

as The priest

Moni Greco

as Eliane Lacroux

Gérard Pradilles

as Mr. Roques