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Engagements of the Heart

Alice is the widow of a Jewish surgeon who helps the former diplomat Jerome smuggle Jews out of Austria to save them from the Nazis. The duo recruits Charles, a shoe manufacturer whose uncle is a Nazi sympathizer in the Vichy government. Charles and Alice become lovers when they are picked up in Paris by Nazi soldiers on a curfew violation.

Top Cast

  • Nathalie Baye

    Nathalie Baye

    Alice

  • Christophe Malavoy

    Christophe Malavoy

    Charles Sambrat

  • Pierre Arditi

    Pierre Arditi

    Jérôme

  • Geneviève Mnich

    Geneviève Mnich

    Louise

Overview

Alice is the widow of a Jewish surgeon who helps the former diplomat Jerome smuggle Jews out of Austria to save them from the Nazis. The duo recruits Charles, a shoe manufacturer whose uncle is a Nazi sympathizer in the Vichy government. Charles and Alice become lovers when they are picked up in Paris by Nazi soldiers on a curfew violation.

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