Film

Behind These Walls

1946 · 2h 19m · Drama · War

IMDb

7.1

June 1944, a French town towards the end of the occupation. Following several attacks perpetrated by the resistance, the inhabitants who listen to English radio are rounded up by the Germans in a prison and considered as hostages. In one of the cells are found men from all walks of life: an aristocrat, the Viscount of Saint-Leu, Doctor Noblet, a resistance fighter, Béquille the wanderer with a wooden leg, and a strange character nicknamed "Black Market". The latter arouses mistrust among the prisoners, because it could well have been introduced by the enemy.

Raymond Pellegrin

Pierre, the pharmacist's son

Louis Seigner

Doctor Noblet

Pierre Larquey

'Béquille'

Nadine Alari

Alice Noblet

Roland Armontel

Muscat

Pierre Brasseur

Jean-César Morin

Robert Seller

Lucien Sampet

Jean Brochard

Michaud

André Carnège

German chaplain

Jacques Charon

Count Jacques de Saint-Leu

Paul Demange

André Morget

Yves Deniaud

Robert Detaille

Paul Faivre

Pharmacist

Guy Favières

Mayor

Gabrielle Fontan

Madame Michaud

René Génin

Camille Duroc

• Henri CalefDirector
• Claude HeymannWriter
• Charles SpaakWriter
• Claude RenoirDirector of Photography
• Madeleine BagiauEditor

Release date

March 13, 1946

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

2h 19m

Genres

Drama, War