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.
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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
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