Le Jour de gloire (1976)
Directed by Jacques Besnard

Comedy / War

Film Synopsis

A detachment of German soldiers manages to get itself holed up in a small French village.  Fearing bloody reprisals, the inhabitants of the village do everything they can to avoid provoking their unwelcome guests.  All goes well until the terrible day when a group of children, playing with a hand grenade, cause the death of a Nazi officer.  As the Germans threaten to avenge the killing the villagers appeal to Grégoire, the only stranger in the community, to offer himself up...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jacques Besnard
  • Script: Richard Balducci, Jacques Besnard, Alphonse Boudard, Jacques-Henri Marin
  • Cinematographer: Marcel Grignon
  • Music: Darry Cowl
  • Cast: Jean Lefebvre (Grégoire), Pierre Tornade (Le maire), Darry Cowl (Le curé), Jacques Marin (Le bistrot), Robert Rollis (Gaston Machu), Pierre Doris (Etienne Machu), Chantal Nobel (Mlle Verger), Corinne Lahaye (Claire), Hans Verner (Müller), Frantz Wolf (Le lieutenant Dietrich), Tony Rödel (Otto), Jean Rougerie (Von Bach), Jacques Bézard
  • Country: France / West Germany
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color (Eastmancolor)
  • Runtime: 94 min

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