Pitchi-Poï ou La parole donnée

Pitchi-Poï ou La parole donnée

148 mins | Drama | Oct. 31, 1967

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.

Pitchi-Poï ou La parole donnée

148 mins | Drama | Oct. 31, 1967

Pitchi-Poï ou La parole donnée
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.
Producers
Original title Pitchi-Poï ou La parole donnée
Directors François Billetdoux, Guy Casaril
Writers

Cast

Georges Rouquier

as Mathieu

Claude Marcault

as The mother

Karine Levy

as Rogation

Marie-Laure Dulac

as Rogation

Monique Demestre

as Rogation

Nina Demestre

as Rogation

Chantal Salvaderi

as Rogation

Hermine Karagheuz

as Rogation

Christiane Lénier

as The employee of the Jewish organization

John Littleton

as The black soldier

Rita Maiden

as Rita

Vera Valden

as The social worker

Jean Berger

as The investigating judge

Dominique Zardi

as A German soldier

Franz Rudnick

as The German Inspector

Clément Bairam

as First gendarme

Maurice Travail

as Second gendarme

Yvonne Claudie

as The old Jewess

Jacques Préboist

as The farm boy