The film is about the French film industry from 1942 to 1944 during the Nazi occupation. The film focuses on assistant director and resistance fighter Jean Devaivre and screenwriter Jean Aurenche. Aurenche is on the move so that he doesn't have to write anything collaborationist. Devaivre is in dangerous political activity. Devaivre also works for the German production company Continental where he is respected. On the other hand, Aurenche's scriptwriting doesn't help how he lives and he is a womanizer which causes him to procrastinate.
as Jean-Devaivre
as Jean Aurenche
as Suzanne Raymond
as Simone Devaivre
as Jean-Paul Le Chanois
as Maurice Tourneur
as Charles Spaak
as Reine Sorignal
as Alfred Greven
as Richard Pottier
as Olga
as Roger Richebé
as Pierre Nord
as Mémaine
as Bauermeister
as Louis Née
as Armand Thirard
as Paul Maillebuau
as Pierre Bost
as Chanteuse dans la rue
as Von Schertell