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Women and War (1961)
Directed by Georges Lautner
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.
Length 100 minutes
Actors
Bernard Blier | Lucile Saint-Simon | Lutz Gabor | Daniel Sorano | Anne Doat | Béatrice Bretty | Henri Virlojeux | Paulette Dubost | Catherine Le Couey | Jacques Marin | Jacques Chabassol | Guy Dakar | Christian Melsen | Jean Filliez | Jean Sylvère | Michel Garland | Pierre Barouh