Commander Gerard and his band of guerrillas have found the ideal hideout: a nursing home in the Alps where, along with the mentally ill, are also hiding a Jewish girl and a Swiss doctor who might be a spy for the Germans ...
Acting
Michel Simon's unhinged patriarch steals every scene he's in.
Direction
Bernard traps you in claustrophobic Alpine dread.
Director
Raymond Bernard
Michel Simon
Michel Lemaret
Madeleine Sologne
Hélène Asselin
Paul Bernard
Le docteur Maurice Tiller
Louis Salou
Le commissaire Louis Martin
Saturnin Fabre
Philippe Prunier
Marcel André
Le docteur Lestrade
Yvette Andréyor
Mademoiselle Béatrice
Jacques Clancy
Jacques Leroy, le pianiste
Daniel Gélin
Pierre Ribault
Claude Lehmann
Le docteur Pigaut
Howard Vernon
Robert Langlois, le muet
Raoul Marco
Le maire
Pierre Sergeol
Charles Levallier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 1944 but released after liberation, making it one of the first French films to process occupation trauma while audiences were still raw.
Michel Simon was so difficult on set that Bernard allegedly considered replacing him; their volcanic tension somehow fuels the film's unease.
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