Line of Demarcation (1966)
La ligne de démarcation
92 min
It is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de démarcation by Gilbert Renault under his pseudonym Colonel Rémy. A small village in the Jura is split by the river Loue which creates the line of demarcation between Nazi occupied France and freedom. A French officer, Pierre, is released by the Nazi soldiers to find his chateau converted into a German command centre. Whilst he is obliged to co-operate with the enemy, his wife Mary supports the resistance movement and is willing to risk her life for it. The Nazis step up their activity against the resistance, insisting that any who attempt to cross the line of demarcation will be shot. When his wife is arrested, Pierre decides to switch his allegiance.
- Release date
- May 25, 1966
- Country of origin
- France
- Music
- Pierre Jansen
Where to watch
Free
Kanopy
Cast
- Jean Seberg as Mary, comtesse de Damville
- Maurice Ronet as Pierre, comte de Damville
- Daniel Gélin as Doctor Jacques Lafaye
- Reinhard Kolldehoff as Major von Pritsch
- Mario David as Urbain, le garde-chasse
- Jean Yanne as Tricot, l'instituteur
- Jacques Perrin as Michel, le radio
- Claude Léveillée as Le capitaine Duncan Presgrave
- Stéphane Audran as La femme du Dr. Lafaye
- Jean-Louis Maury as Gestapo Agent
- Paul Gégauff as Gestapo Agent
- Roger Dumas as Chéti, le passeur
- Noël Roquevert as Eugène Ménétru
- Serge Bento as Le coiffeur
- René Havard as Loiseau, interprète pour les Allemands
- Rudy Lenoir as Le douanier allemand
- Henri Attal as Gendarme
- Dominique Zardi as Soldat allemand
- Claude Berri as Chef de famille juif
- Jean-Louis Le Goff
- Donald O'Brien
- Bill Curran
- Jean-Marie Arnoux
- Stéphane Audran as Wife
- Roger Dumas as Passer
Crew
- Claude Chabrol · Director
- Claude Chabrol · Writer
- Colonel Rémy · Writer
- Georges de Beauregard · Producer
- Pierre Jansen · Composer
- Jean Rabier · Cinematographer
- Jacques Gaillard · Editor