The film depicts the story of a grocer, Edmond Batignole, who helps the young son of his Jewish neighbour and the boy's cousins to reach the safety of Switzerland.

In 1942 occupied Paris, a butcher, Edmond Batignole, and his family are living on the ground floor of an apartment building.

When the property is confiscated, the Batignoles apply for and are awarded the apartment and cater a birthday party for SS officers in it.

Batignole hides him in the servant's room of the apartment on the top floor but soon moves him to the cellar to avoid his discovery.

Variety's critic Lisa Nesselson wrote that the director "has fashioned a fine package, ready to travel".