Film · Drama, War
Line of Demarcation (1966)
It is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de démarcation by Gilbert Renault under his pseudonym Colonel Rémy. A small village in the Jura is split by the river Loue which creates the line of demarcation between Nazi occupied France and freedom. A French officer, Pierre, is released by the Nazi soldiers to find his chateau converted into a German command centre. Whilst he is obliged to co-operate with the enemy, his wife Mary supports the resistance movement and is willing to risk her life for it. The Nazis step up their activity against the resistance, insisting that any who attempt to cross the line of demarcation will be shot. When his wife is arrested, Pierre decides to switch his allegiance.
- Director
- Claude Chabrol
- Writers
- Colonel Rémy, Claude Chabrol
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Release date
- May 25, 1966
- Original title
- La Ligne de démarcation
Cast
Jean SebergMary de Damville
Maurice RonetPierre, comte de Damville
Daniel GélinDoctor Jacques Lafaye
Reinhard Kolldehoffle Major von Pritsch
Mario DavidUrbain
Jean YanneM. Tricot
Jacques PerrinMichel
Claude LéveilléeDuncan Presgrave
Stéphane AudranLa femme du Dr. Lafaye / Wife
Jean-Louis MauryGestapo Agent
Paul GégauffGestapo Agent
Pierre Gualdile curé du village
Roger DumasChéti, le passeur
Noël RoquevertEugène Ménétru
Serge BentoLe coiffeur
René HavardLoiseau, interprète pour les Allemands
Rudy LenoirLe douanier allemand
Henri AttalGendarme
Dominique ZardiSoldat allemand
Claude BerriChef de famille juif
