Themes: Life Under Occupation, Love Triangles, Women During Wartime
Main Cast: Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Marie Bunel, Lambert Wilson, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Release Year: 1984
Country: FR/CA
Run Time: 130 minutes
Plot
Produced on behalf of the HBO cable service, The Blood of Others is a rare venture into English-language filmmaking by Claude Chabrol. Set during World War II, the film stars Jodie Foster and Michael Ontkean as a pair of French resistance fighters. If you can swallow that, then you'll accept New Zealand native Sam Neill as a German businessman. Chabrol's wife Stephane Audran costars as Gigi, while other prominent members of the cast include Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Micheline Presle. Oh, yes, the plot: based on a novel by Simone de Beauvoir, The Blood of Others concerns Jodie Foster's confused loyalties: should she continue in her underground activities, or succumb to the charms of the seemingly civilized Neill? This French-Canadian coproduction was originally telecast August 23, 1984. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Alexandra Stewart - Madeleine; Jean-François Balmer - Arnaud; Howard Vernon - General Von Loenig; Kate Reid - Madame Blomart; Michel Robin - Raoul; Micheline Presle - Denise; Jean-Yves Berteloot - Coutant Repentigny; Georges Bruce - Aide-de-camp; Gerard Buhr - German Major Meurice; André Chaumeau - General Claussen; Jean Champion - Meurice's Elevator Man; Louise Chevalier - Concierge Kotz; Georges Claisse - German Major Meurice; Germaine Delbat - Marie; Erick Deshors - 2nd Wagon Soldier; Alain Doutey - Leclere; Pierre-Francois Dumeniaud - Port Salut Man; Jacques Francois - Colonel Catelas; Catherine Lachens - Madame Grant; Christa Lang - German Woman; Monique Mercure - Mrs Klotz; Blanche Ravalec - Nun; Renaud Verley - Docteur Duval; John Vernon - Charles; Steven Vidler - Protester; Dominique Zardi - German Officer; Samuel Fuller - Old Man in Small Cafe; Christine Laurent - Denise; Guy Marly - Man; Guy Dhers - 2nd Cop; Roger Mirmont - Marcel; Peter Semler - German Officer in the Car; Jean-Marie Arnoux - Mimi's Friend
Credit
Michel Dupuy - First Assistant Director, Claude Chabrol - Director, Monique Fardoulis - Editor, Yves Langlois - Editor, Lamar Card - Executive Producer, Matthieu Chabrol - Composer (Music Score), Francois Dompierre - Composer (Music Score), Francois Comtet - Production Designer, Richard Ciupka - Cinematographer, Jacques Bourdon - Production Manager, Denis Heroux - Producer, John Kemeny - Producer, Gabriel Boustiani - Producer, Nicole Rachline - Set Designer, Francois Comtet - Set Designer, Patrick Rousseau - Sound/Sound Designer, Jean-Bernard Thomasson - Sound/Sound Designer, Brian Moore - Screenwriter, Simone de Beauvoir - Book Author
