Film

Engagements of the Heart

1987 · 2h 10m · Drama · War

IMDb

5.9

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.

Nathalie Baye

Alice

Christophe Malavoy

Charles Sambrat

Pierre Arditi

Jérôme

Geneviève Mnich

Louise

• Robert EnricoDirector · Writer
• Jean AurencheWriter
• Didier DecoinWriter
• Françoise SaganNovel
• François CatonnéDirector of Photography
• Patricia NényEditor

Release date

December 16, 1987

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

2h 10m

Genres

Drama, War