Movie·1970·1h 47m
Atlantic Wall
Directed By
Marcel Camus
Country
France
Language
German
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The Story
Original title: Le Mur de l’Atlantique
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.
Written By
Marcel Jullian
Producer
Georges de Beauregard
Cinematography
Alain Levent
Music
Claude Bolling
Editor
Andrée Feix
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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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
Jess Hahn
British colonel
Guy Delorme
German sailor
Jackie Sardou
Angèle Charlus, wife of the painter
Frank Williams
Clergyman
Jean-Pierre Zola
Colonel Muller
Georges Staquet
Hippolyte, leader of the resistance
// crew
Crew
Marcel Camus
Director
Marcel Jullian
Writer
Georges de Beauregard
Executive Producer
Andrée Feix
Editor
Alain Levent
Director of Photography
Claude Bolling
Original Music Composer
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