Overview
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.
Director
Marcel Camus
Production
Les Productions Georges de BeauregardSNCFono Roma
Cast
BourvilLéon Duchemin, Norman restaurateurSophie DesmaretsMaria Duchemin, sister of LéonPeter McEneryJeff, the downed British airmanSara FranchettiJuliette Duchemin, daughter of LéonJean PoiretArmand, resistance leader and double agentReinhard KolldehoffLieutenant Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka 'Totor'
