Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie? (1973) Directed by Robert Lamoureux
War / Action / Comedy
aka: Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Film Synopsis
During the debacle of May 1940, the seventh company of the French army
takes refuge in the woods but are ambushed by a German
platoon. In the confusion, only three French soldiers
manage to evade capture: Sergeant Chauchard and his two subalterns,
Tassin and Pithivier. Their desperate flight through the
countryside will prove to be one of the most fantastic of France's
wartime exploits...
Cast:Jean Lefebvre (Pitivier),
Pierre Mondy (Sergent Chaudard),
Aldo Maccione (Tassin),
Robert Lamoureux (Colonel Blanchet),
Pierre Tornade (Capitaine Dumont),
Jacques Marin (L'épicier),
Marcelle Ranson-Hervé (Mme Thévenay),
Erik Colin (Lieutenant Duvauchel),
Paul Bisciglia (Le père),
Robert Dalban (Le fermier),
Alain Doutey (Carlier),
Magali Vendeuil (La mère),
Konrad von Bork,
Corinne Lahaye (Germaine),
François Merlet,
Pierre Mirat (Le curé)
Country: France / Italy
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 95 min
Aka:Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
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