René la canne (1976) - film review

Paris, 1942.  Having been arrested and tried for armed assault, René Bornier feigns insanity to gain admittance to a psychiatric asylum, from which he intends to make his escape.  Here Bornier, better known as René la Canne, meets Marchand, a French policeman who was incarcerated after poking fun at the German authorities.  The two men strike up an immediate friendship but any hope of escape is extinguished when the Gestapo turn up.  In no time, Bornier and Marchand find themselves on a train bound for a German labour camp...

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