Plot
January, 1920. 350,000 French soldiers remain missing in action. Major Dellaplane tirelessly matches the dead and the wounded with families' descriptions. Honor and ethics drive him; he hates the idea of "the unknown soldier." Into his sector, looking for her husband, comes a haughty, politically connected Parisian, Madame Irène de Courtil. Brusquely, Dellaplane offers her 1/350,000th of his time, but as their paths cross and she sees his courage and resolve, feelings change. After he finds a surprising connection between her missing husband and a local teacher, Irène makes Dellaplane an offer. This man of action hesitates: has he missed his only chance?
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Cast
Philippe Noiret
Commander Delaplane
Sabine Azéma
Irène de Courtil
Pascale Vignal
Alice
Maurice Barrier
Mercadot
François Perrot
Perrin
Jean-Pol Dubois
André, chauffeur
Daniel Russo
Lieutenant Trévise
Michel Duchaussoy
General Villerieux
Arlette Gilbert
Valentine
Louis Lyonnet
Valentin
Charlotte Maury-Sentier
Cora Mabel
François Caron
Julien
Thierry Gimenez
Engineering adjutant
Frédérique Meininger
Mrs. Lebègue
Pierre Trabaud
Eugène Dilatoire
Jean-Roger Milo
Monsieur Lebègue
André Claisse
Customer in the restaurant
Didier Grégoire
Soldier in the party hall
Marcel Zanini
Léon, musician
Catherine Verlor
Nun at the beach
Jean-Christophe Lebert
The amnesiac
Bruno Therasse
Rougeaud
Philippe Uchan
The man without legs
Marion Loran
Solange de Boissancourt
Charlotte Kady
Nun in the hospital
Gabriel Cattand
Professor Mortier
Christophe Odent
Poirleau
Christian Magnan
Catreux
Jean Champion
Lagrange
Philippe Deplanche
Lecordier
Michel Cassagne
Abel Masclé
Frédéric Pierrot
Marcel
François Domange
Georges
Jean-Paul Comart
Fagot
Patrick Massieu
Cemetery keeper
Didier Harlmann
The armless man
Pascal Elso
The blind man
Odile Cointepas
Madame Hannesson
Louba Guertchikoff
The woman with blue eyes
Jean-Claude Calon
The zealous Sergeant
Jean-Yves Gautier
Caporal
Gilles Janeyrand
Non-commissioned Officer
Nicolas Tronc
Soldier Lefèvre
Michèle Gleizer
Farmer's wife
Daniel Langlet
Monsieur Lohac
Adrienne Bonnet
Madame Lohac
Marcel Zanini
Léon
Marc Perrone
Pochin
Georges Staquet
Vicar
Alain Frérot
Pelat
François Dyrek
Vergnes
Oswald d'Andréa
Pianist Cora Mabel
Micky Baker
Banjo jazz
Sancoma Everett
Drummer jazz
Bobby Few
Pianist jazz
Steve Potts
Saxophonist jazz
Mike Zwerin
Jennings
Bruno Raffaelli
Maginot
Éric Dufay
Soldier Thain
