The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...
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Michael Caine
Pierre Brossard
Tilda Swinton
Annemarie Livi
Jeremy Northam
Colonel Roux
Alan Bates
Armand Bertier
Charlotte Rampling
Nicole
John Neville
Old Man
Ciarán Hinds
Pochon
Frank Finlay
Commissaire Vionnet
William Hutt
Le Moyne
Matt Craven
David Manenbaum
Noam Jenkins
Michael Levy
Peter Wight
Inspector Cholet
Malcolm Sinclair
Cardinal of Lyon
Colin Salmon
Father Patrice
David de Keyser
Dom André (as David De Keyser)
Christian Erickson
Father Joseph
Dominic Gould
Captain Durand
Peter Hudson
Professor Valentin
Joseph Malerba
Max
Irene Palko
Clotilde
George Wills
Young Brossard (as George Williams)
Edward Petherbridge
Dom Vladimir
John Boswall
Father Léo
Joseph Long
Bishop
Wolfgang Pissors
German Soldier
Daniel Lundh
Bertier's Secretary
Official Trailer - THE STATEMENT (2003, Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton)
