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A Child in the Crowd

A Child in the Crowd

Gérard Blain

1976

  • Drama
6.5

Deserted by his father, and dislocated by the Second World War, Paul is a boy who wants affection and attention and cannot find it at home. For a while, he becomes the pet of some German soldiers, running errands for them. Later, he helps the Resistance, and when the Americans come to stay, he is really in his element with them.

Cast & crew

  • Gérard BlainDirector
  • Jean François CiminoChild
  • César ChauveauPaul (Teenager)
  • Annie KovaksMother of Paul
  • Cécile CousseauMicheline, enfant
  • Claude TreilleMicheline, adolescente
  • Jean BertalFather of Paul
  • Gabrielle SassoumLa grand-mère
  • Raymonde Badé-MauffroyLa maîtresse (as Raymonde Mauffroy)

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