Der alte Mann und das Kind (1967)
50KDer alte Mann und das Kind: Directed by Claude Berri. With Michel Simon, Roger Carel, Paul Préboist, Luce Fabiole. In Nazi-occupied France, a Jewish child is sent away from his family and conceals his religious affiliation from the anti-Semitic elderly man that takes care of him.
“I remember seeing this movie when I as a teenager (say, about 1970) and I was then very moved by this warm and tender drama. Nearly 30 years later, I just saw it on TV and I didnu0026#39;t change my mind : this is a very good movie, in the way French can say a lot of things in this kind of day-to-day film. The chemistry between young Cohen and veteran Simon is beautiful. Itu0026#39;s also filled with references to the way people in France lived the Second world war, like Simon hating Jews and didnu0026#39;t know that is young friend Berry is a Jew. I love Michel Simon. He had been such a great actor from the second half of the 1920u0026#39;s to his death, in the middle 1970u0026#39;s. He was always good in his films, so natural that we donu0026#39;t think heu0026#39;s acting. Le vieil homme et lu0026#39;enfant is a very intelligent movie for young director Berri, who will be famous as a director and producer in the next years.”
