
Atlantic Wall
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.
Release Date: 1970-10-14
Adventure
Comedy
War
★★★★★★★★★★ (103 votes)
Casts

Bourvil
as Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur

Sophie Desmarets
as Maria Duchemin, sister of Léon

Peter McEnery
as Jeff, the downed British airman

Sara Franchetti
as Juliette Duchemin, daughter of Léon

Jean Poiret
as Armand, resistance leader and double agent

Reinhard Kolldehoff
as Lieutenant Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka 'Totor'

Pino Caruso
as Lieutenant Friedrich, Rommel's driver

Terry-Thomas
as Commander Perry of British HQ

Roland Lesaffre
as Fake resistance fighter full of tics

Jacques Balutin
as Resistant gendarme