Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Philippe Noiret | ... | Julien Dandieu | |
Romy Schneider | ... | Clara Dandieu | |
Jean Bouise | ... | François | |
Joachim Hansen | ... | SS Officer | |
Robert Hoffmann | ... | Lieutenant | |
Karl Michael Vogler | ... | Dr. Müller | |
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Caroline Bonhomme | ... | Florence Dandieu - Age 8 |
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Catherine Delaporte | ... | Florence Dandieu - Age 13 |
Madeleine Ozeray | ... | Julien's Mother | |
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Daniel Breton | ||
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Jean-Paul Cisife | ... | Milice Chief |
Antoine Saint-John | ... | German Soldier Killed in the Kitchen | |
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Maurice Bes | ||
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Bernard Bireaud | ||
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Jean Le Boulbar |
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. Written by Jean-Yves Simon <simon@wotangate.micro.ti.com>
> This is where we may wonder why it has taken so much to rouse this peaceful man;
Everybody has his own threshold of awakening; and this film is actually the story of awakening - this is why the whole first part showing his peaceful life, even during the war, up until he is led to his threshold, and so the contrast between that and merciful killer that he becomes, becomes even more powerful.
> The next question we find ourselves asking is why he is content to go up against men armed with pistols, rifles,machine guns, grenades and flame-throwers with only a shotgun rather than picking off one man and appropriating his weaponry.
The best weapon is the weapon you are used to, the weapon you trust. Plus, this old gun together with the old castle and their old owner, become one collective weapon against the invaders. Not wise to take one piece out.