Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France, Italy
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- world war ii
- normandy
- france
- invasion of normandy
- french
- comedy
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Jess Hahn — British colonel
- Guy Delorme — German sailor
- Jackie Sardou — Angèle Charlus, wife of the painter
- Directed
- Marcel Camus
- Written
- Marcel Jullian
Production
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 · 113 ratings
- Studio
- Les Productions Georges de Beauregard, SNC, Fono Roma
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