Arrêtez les tambours 1961

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.

Cast:

Bernard Blier
le docteur Leproux, maire du village 

Lucile Saint-Simon
Catherine Leproux, la fille du maire 

Lutz Gabor
le major allemand 

Daniel Sorano
le Toulousain, un résistant 

Anne Doat
Dany, une résistante 

Béatrice Bretty
Germaine, la bonne du maire 

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