Top Cast
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Jacques Villeret
Gourcuff
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Aïna Walle
Mona
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Jacques Charby
Le capitaine Varin
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Humbert Balsan
Lt. Grange
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Serge Martina
Hervouet
Overview
An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Julien Gracq. Four soldiers await a possible German attack on a fortified house in the forest of the Ardennes.
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