Adventure ·Comedy ·War · France · 1970 · 1h 47m

Atlantic Wall

Le Mur de l’Atlantique

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Director
Marcel Camus
Cast
Bourvil as Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur Sophie Desmarets as Maria Duchemin, sister of Léon Peter McEnery as Jeff, the downed British airman Sara Franchetti as Juliette Duchemin, daughter of Léon Jean Poiret as Armand, resistance leader and double agent Reinhard Kolldehoff as Lieutenant Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka 'Totor'
Crew
Alain Levent — Director of Photography Andrée Feix — Editor Claude Bolling — Original Music Composer Marcel Jullian — Writer Pierre Guffroy — Production Design Albert Rajau — Production Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
world war iinormandy, franceinvasion of normandyfrenchcomedy
Key Collaborators
Marcel Camus Director Alain Levent Director of Photography Andrée Feix Editor Claude Bolling Original Music Composer Marcel Jullian Writer Pierre Guffroy Production Design Albert Rajau Production Design Michèle Richer Costume Design
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