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.
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Anthony Hopkins as Jean Louis Cheval
Kristin Scott Thomas as Therese Mangeot
Derek Jacobi as The Imposter
Cyril Cusack as The Priest
Brenda Bruce as Madame Mangeot
Timothy Watson as Michel Mangeot
Jim Carter as Pierre
Paul Rogers as Breton
Peter Jonfield as Roche
Michael Attwell as Krogh
Geoffrey Bayldon as Elderly Clerk
Robert Morgan as German Officer
Patrice Valota as Voisin
John Bennett as Jules
Alan Rossett as Prisoner #3
Guy Matchoro as Prisoner #4
François Lalande as Prisoner #5
Sébastien Floche as Concierge
Eva Schmidt as Secretary
Brigitte Barilley as (uncredited)
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