Atlantic Wall

Le Mur de l’Atlantique

1970·107'

Marcel Camus

AdventureComedyWar

French

Letterboxd TMDB #61231

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.

Cast

Bourvil Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur Sophie Desmarets Maria Duchemin, sister of Léon Peter McEnery Jeff, the downed British airman Sara Franchetti Juliette Duchemin, daughter of Léon Jean Poiret Armand, resistance leader and double agent Reinhard Kolldehoff Lieutenant Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka 'Totor' Pino Caruso Lieutenant Friedrich, Rommel's driver Terry-Thomas Commander Perry of British HQ Roland Lesaffre Fake resistance fighter full of tics Jacques Balutin Resistant gendarme Robert Le Béal Officer of the British HQ Jacques Préboist Ernest