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Women and War

1961-1h 40min
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6.3 / 10 5

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.

Directed by Georges Lautner

Writers Georges Lautner Michel Prentout Pierre Laroche

Stars Bernard Blier Lucile Saint-Simon Lutz Gabor

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Cast

Bernard Blier's picture in the cast

Bernard Blier

le docteur Leproux, maire du village
Lucile Saint-Simon's picture in the cast

Lucile Saint-Simon

Catherine Leproux, la fille du maire
Lutz Gabor's picture in the cast

Lutz Gabor

le major allemand
Daniel Sorano's picture in the cast

Daniel Sorano

le Toulousain, un résistant
Anne Doat's picture in the cast

Anne Doat

Dany, une résistante
Béatrice Bretty's picture in the cast

Béatrice Bretty

Germaine, la bonne du maire
Henri Virlogeux's picture in the cast

Henri Virlogeux

le garde-champêtre
Paulette Dubost's picture in the cast

Paulette Dubost

la veuve
Catherine Le Couey's picture in the cast

Catherine Le Couey

Mme Gaspard, l'épicière
Jacques Marin's picture in the cast

Jacques Marin

M. Gaspard, l'épicier
Jacques Chabassol's picture in the cast

Jacques Chabassol

un résistant
Guy Dakar's picture in the cast

Guy Dakar

un officier de la 2e D.B

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