Mr. Orchid (1946)
Le Père tranquille
In the Charente, during the Nazi occupation, 51-year-old apparent pacifist Edouard Martin is in fact the leader of a resistance network, using his hobby of orchid growing to hide radio equipment.
- Date of release
- 1946-04-30
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (25)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- René Clément
Casting
- Noël-Noël — Édouard Martin
- Nadine Alari — Monique Martin, daughter of Édouard
- Paul Frankeur — Simon, Édouard's second lieutenant
- Marcel Delaître — Charrat, resentful neighbor
- Charles Lemontier — Father Charles
- Maurice Chevit — Maquisard
- Alice Leitner
- Georges Questau
- Simone Lestan
- Maurice Salabert — Butcher
- Jaqueline Lefer
- Pierre Noël
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