

During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.

Bourvil
Augustin Bouvet

Louis de Funès
Stanislas Lefort

Terry-Thomas
Reginald Brook

Claudio Brook
Peter Cunningham

Mike Marshall
Alan MacIntosh

Marie Dubois
Juliette

Pierre Bertin
Juliette's Grandfather

Andréa Parisy
Marie-Odile
Mary Marquet
Mother Superior

Colette Brosset
Ms. Germaine

Benno Sterzenbach
Major Achbach

Henri Génès
Keeper of Vincennes Zoo

Paul Préboist
Fisherman

Sieghardt Rupp
Lieutenant Sturmer

Guy Grosso
Talkative Bassoonist

Michel Modo
Cross-eyed Soldier

Rudy Lenoir
German Soldier

Jacques Bodoin
Opera Singer Playing Mephistopheles

Helmuth Schneider
German Officer in Dining Car

Hans Meyer
Otto Weber
Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury, Danièle Thompson, Marcel Jullian, Jean-Charles Tacchella
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