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...
Elenco: Michael Caine , Tilda Swinton , Jeremy Northam , Alan Bates , Charlotte Rampling , John Neville , Ciarán Hinds , Frank Finlay , William Hutt , Matt Craven , Noam Jenkins , Peter Wight , Malcolm Sinclair , Colin Salmon , David de Keyser , Christian Erickson , Dominic Gould , Peter Hudson , Joseph Malerba , Irene Palko , George Wills , Edward Petherbridge , John Boswall , Joseph Long , Wolfgang Pissors , Daniel Lundh .