Women and War

Release Date: 1961-02-01

Overview: 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.

Rating: 6.3 / 10

Cast

Bernard Blier

as le docteur Leproux, maire du village

Lucile Saint-Simon

as Catherine Leproux, la fille du maire

Lutz Gabor

as le major allemand

Daniel Sorano

as le Toulousain, un résistant

Anne Doat

as Dany, une résistante