Synopsis
In 1944, in a small village in Calvados, just as the Allies landed, a British plane was shot down. The wounded pilot seeks help. All the villagers, who speak only of resistance, refuse to help, for fear of reprisals. Only the mayor, Dr. Leproux, takes him in and nurses him back to health, then entrusts him to the Resistance. But the Germans get wind of the story and arrest Leproux. He is saved by Major Frantz. But the budding friendship between these two men "doesn't stop the drums", and the war is on.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
- Michel PrentoutScreenplay
- Georges LautnerScreenplay
- Georges LautnerDirector
- Pierre LarocheScreenplay
Cast
- Bernard Blierle docteur Leproux, maire du village
- Lucile Saint-SimonCatherine Leproux, la fille du maire
- Lutz Gaborle major allemand
- Daniel Soranole Toulousain, un résistant
- Anne DoatDany, une résistante
- Béatrice BrettyGermaine, la bonne du maire
- Henri Virlogeuxle garde-champêtre
- Paulette Dubostla veuve
- Catherine Le CoueyMme Gaspard, l'épicière
- Jacques MarinM. Gaspard, l'épicier
- Jacques Chabassolun résistant
- Guy Dakarun officier de la 2e D.B