Movie · 1970
Atlantic Wall
Released 14 October 1970 107 min Adventure / Comedy / War More from 1970 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Terry-Thomas
as Commander Perry of British HQ
William Mervyn
as Protestant Bishop, Jeff's father
Rudy Lenoir
as German non-commissioned officer
Reinhard Kolldehoff
as Lieutenant Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka 'Totor'
Robert Le Béal
as Officer of the British HQ
Bourvil
as Léon Duchemin, Norman restaurateur
Jackie Sardou
as Angèle Charlus, wife of the painter
Sophie Desmarets
as Maria Duchemin, sister of Léon
Jess Hahn
as British colonel
Jacques Préboist
as Ernest
Billy Kearns
as Training camp commander
Jean Poiret
as Armand, resistance leader and double agent
Roland Lesaffre
as Fake resistance fighter full of tics
Guy Delorme
as German sailor
Michel Robin
as Shoemaker of shoes for Rommel
Georges Staquet
as Hippolyte, leader of the resistance
Pierre Decazes
as SS soldier
Fernand Guiot
as German corporal of 'Totor'
Pino Caruso
as Lieutenant Friedrich, Rommel's driver
Roger Lumont
as French chef in London
Jacques Balutin
as Resistant gendarme
Peter McEnery
as Jeff, the downed British airman
Patrick Préjean
as Officer of the British HQ
Sara Franchetti
as Juliette Duchemin, daughter of Léon
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The numbers
35years between the oldest and youngest billed
59Terry-Thomas — oldest on the call sheet
24Sara Franchetti — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast