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Atlantic Wall

Atlantic Wall

★ 6.2/10•1970•1h 47m•U•Adventure•Comedy•War

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.

Marcel Camus · Director

Marcel Jullian · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 47m
LanguageFR
Release DateOct 14, 1970

Actors

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

Robert Le Béal

Robert Le Béal

Officer of the British HQ

Jacques Préboist

Jacques Préboist

Ernest

Jess Hahn

Jess Hahn

British colonel

Guy Delorme

Guy Delorme

German sailor

Jackie Sardou

Jackie Sardou

Angèle Charlus, wife of the painter

Frank Williams

Frank Williams

Clergyman

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