A Self-Made Hero Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator. Details Casts Galleries Posters Title A Self-Made Hero Release Date 1996-05-15 Runtime 01 Hours 47 Minutes Genres Drama War Production Companies Alicéléo, Cofimage 7, Lumière, Studio Images 2, France 3 Cinéma, M6 Films, Initial Groupe Production Countries France Mathieu Kassovitz... Albert Dehousse... Anouk Grinberg... Servane... Sandrine Kiberlain... Yvette... Albert Dupontel... Dionnet... Jean-Louis Trintignant... Albert Dehousse (old)... Nadia Barentin... Madame Louvier / Madame R... Bernard Bloch... Ernst... François Chattot... Louvier... Philippe Duclos... Caron... Danièle Lebrun... Madame Dehousse... Armand de Baudry d'Asson... Man "English girls"... Wilfred Benaïche... Henry Nervoix... François Berléand... Monsieur Jo... Philippe Bérodot... Leguen... Gilles Del Frate... The Partisan... Stefan Elbaum... 'Little Versailles' Man 1... Marc Ernotte... De Vaincourt... Jérôme Floch... Etienne... Isabelle Gruault... Lutétia, Young Woman... Donatien Guillot... Knickerbocker... Philippe Harel... Information Officer... Christophe Kourotchkine... 'Little Versailles' Man 2... Philippe Lehembre... Maître Becquard... François Levantal... Delavelle... Patrick Ligardes... Malbert... Clotilde Mollet... Odette... Philippe Nahon... The Général... Yann Pradal... FFI 1... Bruno Putzulu... Meyer... Georges Siatidis... Beauchamps... Laurent Vacher... Maldoror Man... Yves Verhoeven... Boutin... David Fernandes... Albert (child)... Xavier Arcache... Jean Caron (child)... Éléonore Godeau... Little Girl At Kiosk... Thomas Vindevogel... Lout... Anne Villette... Violin player... Dominique Lemonnier... Violin player... Geneviève Strosser... Viola player... Vincent Ségal... Cello player... Marc Marder... Double-Bass player... Emmanuel Strosser... Piano player... Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (1327x1990) Original Size (1400x2100) Original Size (1000x1428) Original Size (538x768)