Overview

During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the victims, lawyer Chavel trades his place with another man in return for all his possessions. At the end of the war he returns to his house and tries to integrate himself with the family of the man who traded places with him, all the while hiding his true identity. However matters are complicated when a stranger arrives claiming to be Chavel.

Cast

Anthony Hopkins

Jean Louis Cheval

Kristin Scott Thomas

Therese Mangeot

Derek Jacobi

The Imposter

Cyril Cusack

The Priest

Brenda Bruce

Madame Mangeot

Timothy Watson

Michel Mangeot

Jim Carter

Pierre

Paul Rogers

Breton

Peter Jonfield

Roche

Michael Attwell

Krogh

Geoffrey Bayldon

Elderly Clerk

Robert Morgan

German Officer