Movie: Atlantic Wall

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Bourvil
Bourvil

Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur

Sophie Desmarets
Sophie Desmarets

Maria Duchemin, sister of Léon

Peter McEnery
Peter McEnery

Jeff, the downed British airman

Sara Franchetti
Sara Franchetti

Juliette Duchemin, daughter of Léon

Jean Poiret
Jean Poiret

Armand, resistance leader and double agent

Reinhard Kolldehoff
Reinhard Kolldehoff

Lieutenant Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka 'Totor'

Pino Caruso
Pino Caruso

Lieutenant Friedrich, Rommel's driver

Terry-Thomas
Terry-Thomas

Commander Perry of British HQ

Roland Lesaffre
Roland Lesaffre

Fake resistance fighter full of tics

Jacques Balutin
Jacques Balutin

Resistant gendarme

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    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.

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    1970-10-14

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    6.2

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