Summary
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
Details
Release Date: December 8, 1966
Runtime: 132 minutes
Genres: Comedy, War
Original Language: FR
Rating: ⭐ 7.9/10 (1412 votes)
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Cast
Bourvil
Augustin Bouvet, house painter
Louis de Funès
Stanislas Lefort, conductor at the Paris Opera
Terry-Thomas
Squadron Leader Sir Reginald Brook, Royal Air Force
Claudio Brook
Peter Cunningham
Mike Marshall
Aircraftman Alan MacIntosh, Royal Air Force
Marie Dubois
Juliette
Pierre Bertin
Juliette's grandfather, owner of the Guignol theater
Andréa Parisy
Sister Marie-Odile
Mary Marquet
Mother Superior of the Hospices de Beaune
Colette Brosset
Madame Germaine
Benno Sterzenbach
Major Achbach
Henri Génès
Keeper of the Vincennes zoo with the Occitan accent
Paul Préboist
Fisherman in the boat
Sieghardt Rupp
Lieutenant Sturmer
Guy Grosso
The talkative bassoonist of the Paris Opera orchestra
Michel Modo
Cross-eyed German machine gunner
Rudy Lenoir
German soldier on patrol
Jacques Bodoin
Méphistophélès from Faust at the Paris Opera
Reinhard Kolldehoff
German corporal
Helmuth Schneider
German officer of the dining car
Hans Meyer
Otto Weber, elegant SS gruppenführer
Mag-Avril
Old lady in Juliette's building
Gabriel Gobin
Resistance fighter, stagehand at the Paris Opera
Paul Mercey
Mustachioed man at the Turkish Baths
Pierre Roussel
Peter's table neighbor in the dining car
Jean Droze
Talkative bassoonist of the Paris Opera orchestra (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Posier
Patrick, mechanic (uncredited)
Alice Field
Parisian prostitute (uncredited)
Georges Atlas
Gestapo policeman at Augustin's house (uncredited)
Anne Berger
Marguerite from Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)
Guy Bonnafoux
Turkish bths employee / German officer (uncredited)
Clément Michu
Railway postal worker at the station (uncredited)
Jerry Brouer
German soldier (uncredited)
George Birt
Harry, gunner, Royal Air Force (uncredited)
Raymond Pierson
German soldier (uncredited)
Christian Brocard
Station employee (uncredited)
Sacha Tarride
The first boy (unaccredited)
Lionel Vitrant
Barbot (uncredited)
Anthony Stuart
Dick (uncredited)
Tony Rödel
German non-commissioned officer (uncredited)