La Vie de château (1966)
A Matter of Resistance
In the countryside near Normandy's beaches lives Marie, unhappy. It's 1945, she's married to Jérôme, a somewhat fussy milquetoast, diffident to the war around him and unwilling to move his wife to Paris, where she longs to live, shop, and party. A German outfit is bivouacked at Jérôme and Marie's crumbling château because its commanding officer is pursuing Marie. She's also eyed by a French spy working with the Allies as they plan D-Day. He woos her (posing to the Germans as her brother) and, in his passion, forgets his mission. Heroics come from an unexpected direction, and Marie makes her choice.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Catherine Deneuve
as Marie
as Marie
Pierre Brasseur
as Dimanche
as Dimanche
Philippe Noiret
as Jérôme
as Jérôme
Mary Marquet
as Charlotte
as Charlotte
Henri Garcin
as Julien
as Julien
Carlos Thompson
as Klopstock
as Klopstock
Paul Le Person
as Roger
as Roger
Marc Dudicourt
as Schimmelbeck
as Schimmelbeck
Donald O'Brien
as American Officer
as American Officer
Crew arrow_drop_down
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Director
Director
Alain Cavalier
Screenplay
Screenplay
Pierre Lhomme
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Claude Sautet
Screenplay
Screenplay
Daniel Boulanger
Screenplay
Screenplay
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Screenplay
Screenplay
Olivier Gérard
First Assistant Director
First Assistant Director
Jacques Saulnier
Production Design
Production Design
Pierre Gillette
Editor
Editor
Nicole Stéphane
Producer
Producer
