Summary
A small village in the Jura is divided by the river Loue which marks 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 plays a hand in supporting
the French resistance. 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...
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Credits
- Director: Claude Chabrol
- Script: Claude Chabrol, Colonel Rémy
- Photo: Jean Rabier
- Music: Pierre Jansen
- Cast: Jean Seberg (Mary, comtesse de Damville), Maurice Ronet (Pierre, comte de Damville), Daniel Gélin (Doctor Jacques Lafaye), Jacques Perrin (Michel, le radio), Stéphane Audran (La femme du Dr. Lafaye), Reinhard Kolldehoff (Major von Pritsch), Claude Léveillée (Le capitaine Duncan Presgrave), Roger Dumas (Chéti, le passeur), Mario David (Urbain, le garde-chasse), Jean Yanne (Tricot, l’instituteur), Jean-Louis Maury (Un agent de la gestapo), Pierre Gualdi (Le curé), Noël Roquevert (Eugène Menetru), Claude Berri (Le chef de famille juif), Colin Drake (Le Colonel)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 120 min; B&W
- Aka: Line of Demarcation
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