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
as Augustin Bouvet, house painter
Louis de Funès
as Stanislas Lefort, conductor at the Paris Opera
Terry-Thomas
as Squadron Leader Sir Reginald Brook, Royal Air Force
Claudio Brook
as Peter Cunningham
Mike Marshall
as Aircraftman Alan MacIntosh, Royal Air Force
Marie Dubois
as Juliette
Pierre Bertin
as Juliette's grandfather, owner of the Guignol theater
Andréa Parisy
as Sister Marie-Odile
Mary Marquet
as Mother Superior of the Hospices de Beaune
Colette Brosset
as Madame Germaine
Benno Sterzenbach
as Major Achbach
Henri Génès
as Keeper of the Vincennes zoo with the Occitan accent
