In 1944, in a small village in Calvados, just as the Allies landed, a British plane was shot down. The wounded pilot seeks help. All the villagers, who speak only of resistance, refuse to help, for fear of reprisals. Only the mayor, Dr. Leproux, takes him in and nurses him back to health, then entrusts him to the Resistance. But the Germans get wind of the story and arrest Leproux. He is saved by Major Frantz. But the budding friendship between these two men "doesn't stop the drums", and the war is on.
Bernard Blier
as le docteur Leproux, maire du village
Lucile Saint-Simon
as Catherine Leproux, la fille du maire
Lutz Gabor
as le major allemand
Daniel Sorano
as le Toulousain, un résistant
Anne Doat
as Dany, une résistante
Béatrice Bretty
as Germaine, la bonne du maire
Henri Virlogeux
as le garde-champêtre
Paulette Dubost
as la veuve
Catherine Le Couey
as Mme Gaspard, l'épicière
Jacques Marin
as M. Gaspard, l'épicier
Jacques Chabassol
as un résistant
Guy Dakar
as un officier de la 2e D.B
