Summary
France, 1944. On the day of the Normandy landing, a two-bit actor
named Martin is busy rehearsing his role as a German officer for a
stage play. The liberating American troops mistake him for a real
German and he is handed over to the French. Whilst employed as an
orderly to a French general, Martin mislays his clothes and ends up
having to borrow those of the general. Kidnapped by German
soldiers, Martin is privy to a dastardly plot to defeat the allies,
masterminded by Hitler himself. When he is subsequently rescued
by the Americans, Martin is charged with a vital mission: to infiltrate
the German camp and assassinate the Führer...
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Credits
- Director: Michel Deville
- Script: Nina Companéez, Maurice Rheims
- Photo: Robert Foucard
- Music: Maurice Leroux
- Cast: Robert Hirsch (Martin), Véronique Vendell (Zouzou), Walter Rilla (Général von Haffelrats), Anthony Sharp (Le major), Reinhard Kolldehoff (Le chef de la Gestapo), Paul-Emile Deiber (Le général de Lamarzelle), Georges Chamarat (Renard), Wolfgang Sauer (Wilderheim), Claude Bertrand (Galland), Marlène Jobert (La résistante), Louis Velle (Le colonel Dumesnil)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 91 min
- Aka: Kiss Me General; Soldier Martin
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