

Au Revoir les Enfants
Visit website7.5/10 • 678
1987-10-07 • 1h 45m
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
- Directors
- Louis Malle
- Editors
- Emmanuelle Castro

Au Revoir les Enfants
Visit website1987-10-07 • 1h 45m
7.5/10 • 678
Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss concerning two boys living in Nazi-occupied France. At a provincial Catholic boarding school, the precocious youths enjoy true camaraderie—until a secret is revealed. Based on events from writer-director Malle’s own childhood, the film is a subtle, precisely observed tale of courage, cowardice, and tragic awakening.
- Directors
- Louis Malle
- Editors
- Emmanuelle Castro
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsGaspard Manesse
Julien Quentin
Raphael Fejtö
Jean Bonnet
Francine Racette
Mrs. Quentin
Stanislas Carré de Malberg
François Quentin
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Father Jean
François Berléand
Father Michel
François Négret
Joseph
Peter Fitz
Muller
Pascal Rivet
Boulanger
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- French
- Budget
- $105.00
- Revenue
- $4,542,825.00
- Keywords
- franceparent child relationshipresistancevichy regimeholocaust (shoah)deportationjew persecutionauschwitz-birkenau concentration campnational socialismbiographyantisemitismbest friendcatholicismresistance fighterjewish boychildren in wartime