Line of Demarcation

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.

6.2

120 min

Cast

Jean Seberg

as Mary de Damville

Maurice Ronet

as Pierre, comte de Damville

Daniel Gélin

as Doctor Jacques Lafaye

Reinhard Kolldehoff

as le Major von Pritsch

Mario David

as Urbain

Jean Yanne

as M. Tricot

Jacques Perrin

as Michel

Claude Léveillée

as Duncan Presgrave

Stéphane Audran

as La femme du Dr. Lafaye / Wife

Jean-Louis Maury

as Gestapo Agent

Paul Gégauff

as Gestapo Agent

Pierre Gualdi

as le curé du village

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

Michel Dacquin

Donald O'Brien

Bill Curran

Jean-Marie Arnoux

Gilbert Servien

Director

Claude Chabrol