Directed by:
Pierre Granier-DeferreCinematography:
Walter WottitzComposer:
Philippe SardeCast:
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Serge Marquand, Maurice Biraud, Henri Attal, Paul Le Person, Pierre Collet (more)Plots(1)
May 1940 - Germany invades Europe, people panic and try to flee by any means possible. Also in France, Julien (Jean-Louis Trintignant), a radio repairman, boards a train with his wife and child to flee away from German army. As the men are placed in cattle cars with only the women and elderly allowed in the passenger cars, events begin their fateful turning. insignificant repairman meets Anna (Romy Schneider), a young attractive and wealthy Jewish German. They falls in love, but they have to be separate. Three years later, the Gestapo draws them together again. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Easy Life (1962)
Romy Schneider
German Empire
Best movies:
Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)
The Old Gun (1975)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
Anne Wiazemsky
West Germany
Best movies:
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Theorem (1968)
La Chinoise (1967)
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
France
Best movies:
La Rumba (1987)
Lune froide (1991)
Bolero (1981)
Serge Marquand
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
Maurice Biraud
France
Best movies:
Flic Story (1975)
Taxi for Tobruk (1960)
The Big Snatch (1963)
Henri Attal
France
Best movies:
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Fantomas (1964)
My New Partner (1984)
Paul Le Person
France
Best movies:
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
A Matter of Resistance (1966)
Pierre Collet
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Fantomas (1964)
The Common Man (1975)
Michel Duplaix
France
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Fantomas (1964)
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Carlo Nell
Switzerland
Best movies:
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The Common Man (1975)
The Cat (1971)
André Rouyer
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Cat (1971)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Lucienne Legrand
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
Mado (1976)
The Verdict (1974)
Jean Lescot
France
Best movies:
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Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
Jacques Rispal
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Confession (1970)
The Cat (1971)
Paul Bonifas
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Charade (1963)
Goodbye Again (1961)
Paul Amiot
France
Best movies:
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Jacques Galland
France
Best movies:
The Violent People (1970)
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Jacques Maury
Belgium
Best movies:
Love and Death (1975)
Aces High (1976)
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Jean Turlier
Best movies:
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The Scoundrel (1971)
The French Detective (1975)