Women and War (1961)
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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.
- Date of release
- 1961-02-01
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Georges Lautner
Casting
- Bernard Blier — le docteur Leproux, maire du village
- Lucile Saint-Simon — Catherine Leproux, la fille du maire
- Lutz Gabor — le major allemand
- Daniel Sorano — le Toulousain, un résistant
- Anne Doat — Dany, une résistante
- Béatrice Bretty — Germaine, la bonne du maire
- Henri Virlogeux — le garde-champêtre
- Paulette Dubost — la veuve
- Catherine Le Couey — Mme Gaspard, l'épicière
- Jacques Marin — M. Gaspard, l'épicier
- Jacques Chabassol — un résistant
- Guy Dakar — un officier de la 2e D.B
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