Le Passage du Rhin (1960)
In this WW II drama, two French soldiers are captured and forced to work as farm hands on a German family's land. One of the soldiers tricks the farmer's innocent daughter into helping him escape. The other soldier has truly fallen for the girl and decides to stay. At the war's end, the escaped POW becomes a successful journalist and the other has gone back to his original wife whom he despises. Later the husband leaves his family and returns to the girl, while the journalist returns to his former mistress who risked it all to save him from being arrested. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Charles Aznavour, Nicole Courcel, (more)
- Director(s):
- André Cayatte
Synopsis of Le Passage du Rhin
In this WW II drama, two French soldiers are captured and forced to work as farm hands on a German family's land. One of the soldiers tricks the farmer's innocent daughter into helping him escape. The other soldier has truly fallen for the girl and decides to stay. At the war's end, the escaped POW becomes a successful journalist and the other has gone back to his original wife whom he despises. Later the husband leaves his family and returns to the girl, while the journalist returns to his former mistress who risked it all to save him from being arrested. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Le Passage du Rhin
- Charles Aznavour - Roger
- Georges Riviere - Jean
- Betty Schneider - Alice
- Nerio Bernardi - Rodier
- Michel Etcheverry - Ludovic
- Henri Lambert
- Bernard Musson
- Albert Remy
- Jean Marchat - Delmas
- Nicole Courcel - Florence
- Dany Carrel
- Cordula Trantow - Helga
- Georges Chamarat - Baker
- Ruth Hausmeister - Frau Kessler
- Lotte Ledl - Lotte
- Colette Regis - Baker's Wife
- Benno Hoffmann - Otto
- Alfred Schieske - Fritz Kessler
- Director(s):
- André Cayatte
- Writer(s):
- Maurice Auberge, André Cayatte
- 1960 - Venice International Film Festival - Golden Lion
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