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Atlantic Wall

1970 · 107 min

A gentle, farcical wartime romp where mistaken identity and small-town eccentrics keep the stakes light despite the occupation.

Directed by
Marcel Camus
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, War
Starring
Bourvil, Sophie Desmarets, Peter McEnery
Overview
1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.

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Directed by
Marcel Camus
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, War
Starring
Bourvil, Sophie Desmarets, Peter McEnery
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • family
  • identity
  • deception
  • loyalty
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • military
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
adventure, comedy, war
Directed by
Marcel Camus
Written by
Marcel Jullian
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
107 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
German, French, English

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