Rate this Movie

Forbidden Games   1952         N/R, 89 min. Genre: Foreign / Drama Director: Rene Clement   Cast: Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly, Lucien Hubert, Suzanne Courtal, Amedee, Laurence Badie, Jacques Marin, Pierre Merovee, Madeleine Barbulee, Denise Peronne, Louis Sainteve, Andre Wasley, Violette Monier, Fernande Roy   This psychological study of the effects of war on children revolves around a five-year-old French girl, Paulette (Brigitte Fossey), who witnesses the killing of her parents and pet dog by German soldiers during World War II. Eleven-year-old Michel Dolle (Georges Poujouly) brings Paulette to his family home, and the two children create a pet cemetery for animals killed in the war. They steal crosses from a nearby human cemetery to mark the animals' graves. Michel's parents are too busy with their own lives to notice what the children are doing in this story of how war causes children to find unique ways to deal with it. The film won an Honorary Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Cast Brigitte Fossey Paulette Georges Poujouly Michel Dolle Lucien Hubert Dolle, the Father Suzanne Courtal Madame Dolle Amedee Francis Gouard Laurence Badie Berthe Dolle Jacques Marin Georges Dolle Pierre Merovee Raymond Dolle Madeleine Barbulee Red Cross Nun Denise Peronne Jeanne Gouard Louis Sainteve Priest Andre Wasley Gouard, the Father