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In a Nazi-occupied French town, meek and mild-mannered teacher Albert Lory lives with his mother. Few people, including his students, have any respect for him and he literally shakes in his boots during an air raid. He is quite friendly with his fellow teacher, Louise Martin and her brother Paul who also happen to be neighbors. If truth be told, Albert is quite in love with Louise but she is in a relationship with George Lambert and he feels she is quite beyond his reach. Paul is a member of the resistance and is killed when Lambert informs the Nazis. Outraged at what he's done, Albert arrives at Lambert's office just as the informer commits suicide. Albert is charged with murder but the local Nazi commander, Major Erich von Keller, offers him a deal...

A soft-spoken school teacher tries to prove he's not a Nazi collaborator.

Genres: Drama, War

Starring: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders

Released: May 7, 1943

Runtime: 103.0

Popularity Rating: 1.718

Jean-Renoir- Dudly Nichols Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

United States of America

Albert Lory Charles Laughton
Louise Martin Maureen O'Hara
George Lambert George Sanders
Major Erich von Keller Walter Slezak
Paul Martin Kent Smith
Mrs. Emma Lory Una O'Connor
Professor Sorel Philip Merivale
Mayor Henry Manville Thurston Hall
Prosecutor George Coulouris
Julie Grant Nancy Gates
Judge Ivan F. Simpson
Edmund Lorraine John Donat
German Second Lieutenant (uncredited) Philip Ahlm
German Sergeant (uncredited) Louis V. Arco
German Sergeant (uncredited) John Banner
German Sergeant (uncredited) George Sorel
German Sergeant Who Pushes Albert (uncredited) Hans Schumm
German Sergeant on Street (uncredited) Robert R. Stephenson
German Soldier (uncredited) Sven Hugo Borg
German Soldier (uncredited) Albert D'Arno
German Soldier (uncredited) Russell Hoyt
German Soldier (uncredited) Rudolf Myzet
German Soldier (uncredited) Lester Sharpe
German Soldier (uncredited) Walter Thiele
Kurt - German Soldier (uncredited) Hans Fuerberg
Karl - German Soldier (uncredited) Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Otto - German Soldier (uncredited) William Yetter Sr.
German Captain (uncredited) Ludwig Donath
German Chauffeur (uncredited) Hans Moebus
Captain Schwartz (uncredited) Frank Alten
Young Woman (uncredited) Joan Barclay
Courtroom Guard Who Brings Albert's Notes (uncredited) Trevor Bardette
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) Bobby Burns
Pug-nosed School Bully (uncredited) Tommy Bond
Little Fat Man (uncredited) Leo Bulgakov
Mr. Noble - Jury Foreman and Butcher (uncredited) George M. Carleton
Mr. Lorraine (uncredited) Wheaton Chambers
Mrs. Lorraine (uncredited) Cecil Weston
First Lieutenant (uncredited) Gordon B. Clarke
Mayor's Secretary (uncredited) John Dilson
Old Woman (uncredited) Margaret Fealy
Old Man (uncredited) Lon Poff
Priest (uncredited) Ernest Grooney
Girl (uncredited) Mary Halsey
Man Knocked Down on Sidewalk / Townsman Shot by Firing Squad (uncredited) Sam Harris
Woman in Window (uncredited) Hallene Hill
Woman in Window (uncredited) June Pickerell
Woman on Street (uncredited) Jeanne Lafayette
Woman on Street (uncredited) Lillian O'Malley
Woman on Street (uncredited) Ida Shoemaker
Woman in Bathroom (uncredited) Claire McDowell
Victor - Printer (uncredited) Otto Hoffman
Man with Paper on Street (uncredited) Lloyd Ingraham
Man in Window (uncredited) Elmer Jerome
Boy (uncredited) Casey Johnson
Boy in Classroom (uncredited) Freddie Mercer
Judge (uncredited) P.J. Kelly
Judge (uncredited) David Kirkland
Juror (uncredited) Theodore Lorch
Juror (uncredited) Frank O'Connor
Chief of Police (uncredited) George MacQuarrie
Policeman (uncredited) Ed McNamara
Night Switchman (uncredited) William J. O'Brien
Burly Cop (uncredited) Jack Shea
Newsman (uncredited) Gus Taillon
Soldier Who Gets Slapped (uncredited) Hans von Morhart

Art — Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino
Art — Art Direction: Walter E. Keller
Art — Production Design: Eugene Lourie
Art — Set Decoration: A. Roland Fields
Art — Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera
Camera — Director of Photography: Frank Redman
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Renie
Crew — Sound Recordist: John E. Tribby
Crew — Special Effects: Vernon L. Walker
Crew — Stand In: Mary Stuart
Directing — Assistant Director: Edward Donahue
Directing — Director: Jean Renoir
Editing — Editor: Frederic Knudtson
Production — Associate Producer: Eugene Lourie
Production — Producer: Dudley Nichols
Production — Producer: Jean Renoir
Sound — Music Director: C. Bakaleinikoff
Sound — Orchestrator: Leonid Raab
Sound — Orchestrator: Sidney Cutner
Sound — Original Music Composer: Lothar Perl
Sound — Sound: Terry Kellum
Sound — Sound Re-Recording Mixer: James G. Stewart
Writing — Dialogue: Leo Bulgakov
Writing — Screenplay: Dudley Nichols
Writing — Screenplay: Jean Renoir