Atlantic Wall (1970)
1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.
Adventure, Comedy, War
Cast
- Bourvil — Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur
- Sophie Desmarets — Maria Duchemin, sister of Léon
- Peter McEnery — Jeff, the downed British airman
- Sara Franchetti — Juliette Duchemin, daughter of Léon
- Jean Poiret — Armand, resistance leader and double agent
- Reinhard Kolldehoff — Lieutenant Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka 'Totor'
- Pino Caruso — Lieutenant Friedrich, Rommel's driver
- Terry-Thomas — Commander Perry of British HQ
- Roland Lesaffre — Fake resistance fighter full of tics
- Jacques Balutin — Resistant gendarme
- Robert Le Béal — Officer of the British HQ
- Jacques Préboist — Ernest
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