Overview
Deserted by his father, and dislocated by the Second World War, Paul is a boy who wants affection and attention and cannot find it at home. For a while, he becomes the pet of some German soldiers, running errands for them. Later, he helps the Resistance, and when the Americans come to stay, he is really in his element with them.
Director and cast
- Gérard Blain Director
- Jean François Cimino as Child
- César Chauveau as Paul (Teenager)
- Annie Kovaks as mother of Paul
- Cécile Cousseau as Micheline, enfant
- Claude Treille as Micheline, adolescente
- Jean Bertal as Father of Paul
- Gabrielle Sassoum as La grand-mère
- Raymonde Badé-Mauffroy as La maîtresse (as Raymonde Mauffroy)
- Jacques Benoît-Lévy as School Director
- Claude Cernay Cast
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