Behind These Walls (1946)

6.4/10 139 min Drama War

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Jacques Henley

Albert Michel

Correspondent from Holland

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