The Day and the Hour

The Day and the Hour

6.65

1963-04-05

It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't running from the village where she has gone to visit her father's grave and to fill two suitcases with food. Some British and American planes have been shot down and the Germans want to know where the pilots are hiding. An acquaintance has clearance to drive to Paris with a truckload of goats. After she is in the truck Therese discovers that two British pilots and an American pilot are back there with the goats. She must get the men on a train to Paris and to a safe house there, where there is no room for the American. Can she leave him at the Metro station trying to figure out the map?

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The Day and the Hour

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It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't running from the village where she has gone to visit her father's grave and to fill two suitcases with food. Some British and American planes have been shot down and the Germans want to know where the pilots are hiding. An acquaintance has clearance to drive to Paris with a truckload of goats. After she is in the truck Therese discovers that two British pilots and an American pilot are back there with the goats. She must get the men on a train to Paris and to a safe house there, where there is no room for the American. Can she leave him at the Metro station trying to figure out the map?

Released

1963-04-05

Runtime

110

Director

René Clément

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Drama

Action

War

Language

Français

Production

Terra Film

Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)

Compagnia Cinematografica Mondiale (CCM)

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    Simone Signoret

    Simone Signoret
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    Stuart Whitman

    Stuart Whitman
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    Geneviève Page

    Geneviève Page
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    Michel Piccoli

    Michel Piccoli
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    Reggie Nalder

    Reggie Nalder
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    Billy Kearns

    Billy Kearns
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    Marcel Bozzuffi

    Marcel Bozzuffi
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    Henri Virlogeux

    Henri Virlogeux
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    Hénia Sucha

    Hénia Sucha
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    Hubert de Lapparent

    Hubert de Lapparent
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    Maurice Garrel

    Maurice Garrel
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    Marcel Gassouk

    Marcel Gassouk
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    Yvette Etiévant

    Yvette Etiévant
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    Pierre Dux

    Pierre Dux
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    Clara Gansard

    Clara Gansard
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    Colette Castel

    Colette Castel
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    Jacques Herlin

    Jacques Herlin
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    Mark Burns

    Mark Burns
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    Hénia Suchar

    Hénia Suchar
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    Carl Studer

    Carl Studer