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Synopsis
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
Title | Au Revoir les Enfants |
Companies | CNC, NEF, Stella Films, N.E.F. Filmproduktion und Vertriebs (I), Soficas Investimages, Images Investissements, Sofica Créations, MK2 Films, RAI |
Countries | Germany, France, Italy |
Keywords | france, parent child relationship, resistance, vichy regime, holocaust (shoah), deportation, jew persecution, auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, national socialism, biography, anti-semitism, best friend, catholicism, resistance fighter, jewish boy, children in wartime |

Gaspard Manesse
Julien Quentin
Raphael Fejtö
Jean Bonnet
Francine Racette
Mrs. Quentin
Stanislas Carré de Malberg
François Quentin
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Father Jean
François Berléand
Father Michel
François Négret
Joseph
Peter Fitz
MullerPascal Rivet
BoulangerRichard Leboeuf
SagardXavier Legrand
Babinot
Arnaud Henriet
Negus
Jean-Sébastien Chauvin
LavironLuc Etienne
MoreauDaniel Edinger
Tinchaut
Ami Flammer
Florent
Irène Jacob
Ms. Davenne, Piano TeacherJean-Paul Dubarry
Father Hippolyte
Jacqueline Staup
InfirmièreJacqueline Paris
Mrs. Perrin
René Bouloc
RestaurateurBenoît Henriet
CironMarcel Bellot
GuibourgAlbrecht Burkardt
German Soldier (uncredited)Tim Burkert
German Soldier (uncredited)Jürgen Ellinghaus
Feldgendarm (uncredited)