Backdrop

Atlantic Wall

1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.

1970 |1h 47m |  Adventure, Comedy, War

Cast

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Bourvil

Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur

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Sophie Desmarets

Maria Duchemin, sister of Léon

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Peter McEnery

Jeff, the downed British airman

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Sara Franchetti

Juliette Duchemin, daughter of Léon

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Jean Poiret

Armand, resistance leader and double agent

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Reinhard Kolldehoff

Lieutenant Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka 'Totor'

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Pino Caruso

Lieutenant Friedrich, Rommel's driver

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Terry-Thomas

Commander Perry of British HQ

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Roland Lesaffre

Fake resistance fighter full of tics

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Jacques Balutin

Resistant gendarme

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Robert Le Béal

Officer of the British HQ

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Jacques Préboist

Ernest

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Jess Hahn

British colonel

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Guy Delorme

German sailor

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Jackie Sardou

Angèle Charlus, wife of the painter

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Frank Williams

Clergyman

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Jean-Pierre Zola

Colonel Muller

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Georges Staquet

Hippolyte, leader of the resistance

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John Eppler

Erwin Rommel

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Patrick Préjean

Officer of the British HQ

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Annabel Leventon

Sybil, British non-commissioned officer

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Antoine Baud

Feldgendarme

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Anthony Stuart

Officer of the British HQ

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Pierre Decazes

SS soldier

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Roger Lumont

French chef in London

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Michel Robin

Shoemaker of shoes for Rommel

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Rudy Lenoir

German non-commissioned officer

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Jean Rupert

British HQ order

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Fernand Guiot

German corporal of 'Totor'

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William Mervyn

Protestant Bishop, Jeff's father

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Billy Kearns

Training camp commander

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Marcel Gassouk

German corporal

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Gerald Campion

Clergyman

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Peter Myers

Colonel in the R.A.F.

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Roger Guillo

Prunier, cook in London

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Paul Savatier

Prison guard

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René Rall

Gestapo policeman

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Roger Trapp

Tramp in prison

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Yvon Lec

Gédéon Charlus

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Jacques Marbeuf

German non-commissioned officer

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Rico López

Albert

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Norman Mitchell

Bobby

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Stephen Yardley

Bobby

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Maurice Auzel

British soldier (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

German, English, French

Budget

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Revenue

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