The Tenth Man
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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The Tenth Man is a television movie of 1988 based on the novel The Tenth Man by Graham Greene. In the movie, a wealthy Paris lawyer named Chanel is sentenced to die in a German prison during World War II. To save himself, he trades his life for that of a fellow prisoner, who is executed in his place. After the war, Chavel returns to his old home, now occupied by the family of the man who died, and assumes a false identity while grappling with guilt and seeking redemption.
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- Director
- Jack Gold
- Starring
- Anthony Hopkins, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi, Cyril Cusack, Brenda Bruce, Timothy Watson, Jim Carter, Paul Rogers
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