During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
as Augustin Bouvet, house painter
as Stanislas Lefort, conductor at the Paris Opera
as Squadron Leader Sir Reginald Brook, Royal Air Force
as Peter Cunningham
as Aircraftman Alan MacIntosh, Royal Air Force
as Juliette
as Juliette's grandfather, owner of the Guignol theater
as Sister Marie-Odile
as Mother Superior of the Hospices de Beaune
as Madame Germaine
as Major Achbach
as Keeper of the Vincennes zoo with the Occitan accent
as Fisherman in the boat
as Lieutenant Sturmer
as The talkative bassoonist of the Paris Opera orchestra
as Cross-eyed German machine gunner
as German soldier on patrol
as Méphistophélès from Faust at the Paris Opera
as German corporal
as German officer of the dining car
as Otto Weber, elegant SS gruppenführer
as Old lady in Juliette's building
as Resistance fighter, stagehand at the Paris Opera
as Mustachioed man at the Turkish Baths
as Peter's table neighbor in the dining car
as Plombin
as German general celebrating his birthday at “L’Hôtel du Globe”
as Lucien
as Bébert
as Talkative bassoonist of the Paris Opera orchestra (uncredited)
as Nun at the Hospices de Beaune (uncredited)
as Patrick, mechanic (uncredited)
as Parisian prostitute (uncredited)
as Gestapo policeman at Augustin's house (uncredited)
as German biker receiving a pumpkin (uncredited)
as Marguerite from Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)
as Turkish bths employee / German officer (uncredited)
as Railway postal worker at the station (uncredited)
as German Colonel (uncredited)
as German soldier (uncredited)
as German sentry knocked out (uncredited)
as Harry, gunner, Royal Air Force (uncredited)
as John, bomber, Royal Air Force (unaccredited)
as German soldier (uncredited)
as Station employee (uncredited)
as The first boy (unaccredited)
as Barbot (uncredited)
as Dick (uncredited)
as German officer (uncredited)
as German colonel (uncredited)
as Extra at the Paris Opera (uncredited)
as German soldier (uncredited)
as Actor from Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)
as German non-commissioned officer (uncredited)
as German colonel (uncredited)
as The fat guy (uncredited)
as Guide in Chaillot (deleted scene) (uncredited)
as Ludwig (uncredited)
as German aide-de-camp (uncredited)
as Harpist of the Paris Opera orchestra (uncredited)
as Extra (uncredited)
as German Commander (uncredited)
as Pianist (uncredited)
as First German in the hammam (uncredited)
as Second German in the hammam (uncredited)
as Non-commissioned officer, clerk at the Kommandantur (uncredited)
as ilot of the German observation plane that follows the gliders (uncredited)
as Second fisherman in the boat (uncredited)
as SS chief in Paris (uncredited)
as Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)