A Self-Made Hero

Original title: Un héros très discret

Duration: 107 min

Release date: 1996-05-15

IMDB

Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator.

Drama War Comedy

Un héros très discret

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Mathieu Kassovitz

Mathieu Kassovitz

as Albert Dehousse

Sandrine Kiberlain

Sandrine Kiberlain

Albert Dupontel

Albert Dupontel

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

as Albert Dehousse (old)

as Madame Louvier / Madame Revuz / The General's Wife

François Chattot

François Chattot

Philippe Duclos

Philippe Duclos

Danièle Lebrun

as Madame Dehousse

Armand de Baudry d'Asson

Armand de Baudry d'Asson

as Man "English girls"

Wilfred Benaïche

Wilfred Benaïche

as Henry Nervoix

François Berléand

François Berléand

Philippe Bérodot

Philippe Bérodot

Gilles Del Frate

Gilles Del Frate

as The Partisan

as 'Little Versailles' Man 1

as De Vaincourt

Isabelle Gruault

Isabelle Gruault

as Lutétia, Young Woman

Donatien Guillot

Donatien Guillot

as Knickerbocker

as Information Officer

Christophe Kourotchkine

Christophe Kourotchkine

as 'Little Versailles' Man 2

Philippe Lehembre

Philippe Lehembre

as Maître Becquard

François Levantal

François Levantal

Patrick Ligardes

Patrick Ligardes

Clotilde Mollet

Clotilde Mollet

as The Général

Georges Siatidis

Georges Siatidis

as Maldoror Man

David Fernandes

David Fernandes

as Albert (child)

as Jean Caron (child)

Éléonore Godeau

Éléonore Godeau

as Little Girl At Kiosk

Thomas Vindevogel

Thomas Vindevogel

as Violin player

Dominique Lemonnier

Dominique Lemonnier

as Violin player

Geneviève Strosser

Geneviève Strosser

as Viola player

as Cello player

as Double-Bass player

Emmanuel Strosser

Emmanuel Strosser

as Piano player

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Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat

Original Music Composer

Jacques Audiard

Jacques Audiard

Françoise Galfré

Françoise Galfré

Executive Producer

Jean-François Deniau

Jean-François Deniau

Jacques Audiard

Jacques Audiard

Jean-Marc Fabre

Jean-Marc Fabre

Director of Photography

Michel Vandestien

Michel Vandestien

Production Design

Juliette Welfling

Juliette Welfling

Caroline de Vivaise

Caroline de Vivaise

Dominique Gaborieau

Dominique Gaborieau

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Nicolas Naegelen

Nicolas Naegelen

Serge Onteniente

Serge Onteniente

First Assistant Director

Jean-Pierre Duret

Jean-Pierre Duret

Fabienne Faudot-Bel

Fabienne Faudot-Bel

Production Coordinator

Dominique Douret

Dominique Douret

Archival Footage Coordinator

Françoise Galfré

Françoise Galfré

Makeup Supervisor

Serge Onteniente

Serge Onteniente

Casting Director

Catherine Lapoujade

Catherine Lapoujade

Production Manager

Script Supervisor

Dominique Colladant

Dominique Colladant

Makeup Effects Designer

Casting Director

Catherine Deserbais

Catherine Deserbais

Casting Director

Geneviève Acien

Geneviève Acien

Casting Director

Jean-Marie Leroy

Jean-Marie Leroy

Still Photographer

Joëlle Dominique

Joëlle Dominique

Costume Supervisor

François Lepeuple

François Lepeuple

François Lepeuple

François Lepeuple

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