Atlantic Wall
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.
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
Storyline
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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