In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu in a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter in the back country village where Julien has an old castle. One week later, Julien decided to meet then for the week end, but the Germans are already occupying the village.
- 7.5
- 1975
- Released
- 1h 43m
Philippe Noiret
Julien Dandieu
Romy Schneider
Clara Dandieu
Jean Bouise
François
Joachim Hansen
SS Officer
Robert Hoffmann
German Lieutenant
Karl Michael Vogler
Dr. Müller
Caroline Bonhomme
Florence Dandieu (8 years old)Catherine Delaporte
Florence Dandieu (13 years old)
Madeleine Ozeray
Mme Dandieu, la mère de Julien
Jean-Paul Cisife
Le chef milicien
Antoine Saint-John
Le soldat allemand tué dans la cuisineJean-Pierre Garrigues
Un interne à l’hôpitalHermine Delysle
La religieuse de la remise de prix de fin d'annéeMicheline Sarto
L'infirmière, Mlle LangrenierMaurice Bes
Le pharmacien
Bernard Bireaud
Chef maquisardReleased
fr
- #dying and death
- #rape
- #repayment
- #ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
- #southern france
- #world war ii
- #castle
- #waffen ss
- #revenge
- #german occupation of france
- #flamethrower
- #death of daughter
- #dead daughter
- #rape and revenge
- #revenge killing
- #1940s
- #death of wife
- #french family
- #dead wife
- #murdered wife
- #hide
- #south of france
- #double barreled shotgun
Reviews
The Allies are closing in on their small town, but not quite quickly enough for the liking of local surgeon “Dandieu” (Philippe Noiret) so he relocates his wife and daughter to their remote castle, well off the beaten track, in the hope that they can sit out the rest of the war safely. When he takes a drive out to see them some time after, he arrives at it’s small chapel to be met by a vision of c