Atlantic Wall (film)
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| Directed by | Marcel Camus |
| Written by | Marcel Jullian Marcel Camus |
| Story by | Colonel Rémy |
| Produced by | Georges de Beauregard |
| Starring | Bourvil Peter McEnery |
| Cinematography | Alain Levent |
| Music by | Claude Bolling |
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| Language | French |
| Box office | 4,770,962 admissions (France)[1] |
Atlantic Wall (French: Le Mur de l'Atlantique, Italian: Un elmetto pieno di... fifa) is a 1970 French-Italian war-comedy film written and directed by Marcel Camus and starring Bourvil and Peter McEnery. It was Bourvil's last film.[2][3]
Cast
- Bourvil as Léon Duchemin
- Peter McEnery as Jeff
- Sophie Desmarets as Maria Duchemin
- Jean Poiret as Armand
- Reinhardt Kolldehoff as Lt. Heinrich Jakobus Steinbichler aka Totor
- Sara Franchetti as Juliette Duchemin
- Pino Caruso as Lt. Friedrich
- Terry-Thomas as Comm. Perry
- Jean-Pierre Zola as Colonel Muller
- Georges Staquet as Hippolyte
- Jacques Préboist as Ernest
- Johannes Eppler as Erwin Rommel
- Annabel Leventon as Sybil
- Jackie Rollin as Angèle Charlus
- William Mervyn as Jeff's Father
- Jess Hahn as British Colonel
- Patrick Préjean as British Officer
- Michel Robin as The Shoemaker
- Jacques Balutin as Gendarme
- Norman Mitchell as First Cop
- Stephen Yardley as Second Cop
Reception
The film was the second most popular movie in France in 1970, after The Gendarme Takes Off.[1]
References
- ^ a b "1970 Box Office in France". Box Office Story.
- ^ Philippe Crocq, Jean Mareska. Bourvil: De rire et de tendresse. Privat, 2006. ISBN 2708950010.
- ^ Marc Lemonier. Guide des lieux cultes du cinéma en France. Horay, 2005. ISBN 2705804218.
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