January, 1920. 350,000 French soldiers remain missing in action. Major Dellaplane tirelessly matches the dead and the wounded with families' descriptions. Honor and ethics drive him; he hates the idea of "the unknown soldier." Into his sector, looking for her husband, comes a haughty, politically connected Parisian, Madame Irène de Courtil. Brusquely, Dellaplane offers her 1/350,000th of his time, but as their paths cross and she sees his courage and resolve, feelings change. After he finds a surprising connection between her missing husband and a local teacher, Irène makes Dellaplane an offer. This man of action hesitates: has he missed his only chance?
as Commandant Delaplane
as Irène de Courtil
as Alice
as Mercadot
as Perrin
as André, le chauffeur
as Lieutenant Trévise
as Général Villerieux
as Valentine
as Valentin
as Cora Mabel
as Julien
as l'adjudant du génie
as Mme Lebègue
as Eugène Dilatoire
as Monsieur Lebègue
as un client dans le restaurant
as un soldat dans la salle des fêtes
as Léon, un musicien
as Bonne soeur plage
as L'amnésique
as Rougeaud
as L'homme sans jambes
as Solange de Boissancourt
as Bonne soeur hôpital
as Professeur Mortier
as Poirleau
as Catreux
as Lagrange
as Lecordier
as Abel Masclé
as Marcel
as Georges
as Fagot
as Le gardien du cimetière
as Le manchot
as L'aveugle
as Madame Hannesson
as La femme aux yeux bleus
as Le sergent zélé
as Caporal
as Sous-Officier
as Soldat Lefèvre
as La fermière
as Monsieur Lohac
as Madame Lohac
as Léon
as Pochin
as Le curé
as Pelat
as Vergnes
as Pianiste Cora Mabel
as Banjo jazz
as Batteur jazz
as Pianiste jazz
as Saxophoniste jazz
as Jennings
as Maginot
as Soldat Thain