Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends have a major role to play in this new France. Jean becomes a big press baron and an ardent advocate of collaboration with the occupying forces, while Otto becomes the Reich’s ambassador in Paris. Corinne, meanwhile, finds herself thrown into the lion’s pit.
Jean Luchaire
Corinne Luchaire
Otto Abetz
Guy de Voisins
Lydia Rogers
Suzanne de Bruyker
Françoise Luchaire
Guy Crouzet
Eva
Léonide Moguy
Pierre Labarrière
Corinne Luchaire (enfant)
Tosia Luchaire
Julien Luchaire
Le procureur
Hibbelen
Marina
Jérôme, le comptable
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Wolrad
Lorenço
Obliz
Gottschalk
De Wiet
Patron Laboratoire Pharmaceutique
Philippe
Medecin
Delphine, vendeuse mode
General Van Haffel
Amiral Darian
Friedrich
Waffen SS meeting
Wehrmacht officer
Corinne's agent
Woman in the resistance
Man in the resistance
Man in the tavern
Young Gaullist soldier
Von Choltitz
Embassy employee
Woman Maxim's
Young Brigitte Luchaire
Ginette Leclerc
Prison guard
Sanatorium nurse 1
Sanatorium nurse 2
Sceptical journalist
Gestapo Man 1
Gestapo Man 2
FFI Man 1
FFI Man 2
Bertrand announcer
Man in the park 1
Man in the park 2
Moguy producer
Surgeon
Paris nurse
Anonymous man
Sacha Guitry
Moguy assistant director
Prunier journalist
SS Officer Maxim's
German officer 2
German comedian
Scouts' choir member
Scouts' choir member
Scouts' choir member
Violinist jazz club
Baroness Ivanov (uncredited)
Park guard (uncredited)
Young woman Maxim's (uncredited)
Russian countess (uncredited)
Russian countess (uncredited)
Moguy assistant
Roger Duchesne (uncredited)
Eva's son (uncredited)