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Women and War

Women and War

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 1, 1961

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama, War

User Score

63%

Original Title

Arrêtez les tambours

Director

Georges Lautner

Description

In 1944, in a small village in Calvados, just as the Allies landed, a British plane was shot down. The wounded pilot seeks help. All the villagers, who speak only of resistance, refuse to help, for fear of reprisals. Only the mayor, Dr. Leproux, takes him in and nurses him back to health, then entrusts him to the Resistance. But the Germans get wind of the story and arrest Leproux. He is saved by Major Frantz. But the budding friendship between these two men "doesn't stop the drums", and the war is on.