Released:
1961-02-01

Overview:
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.

Director:
Georges Lautner

Runtime:
1h 40min

Genre:
Drama, War

• Cast:
• 
  Bernard Blier
  as
  le docteur Leproux, maire du village
• 
  Lucile Saint-Simon
  as
  Catherine Leproux, la fille du maire
• 
  Lutz Gabor
  as
  le major allemand
• 
  Daniel Sorano
  as
  le Toulousain, un résistant
• 
  Anne Doat
  as
  Dany, une résistante