Antoine Rossi, a recidivist prisoner of war in Germany, manages to escape with the cowardly Fendard. Fendard does everything in his power to help him even though he is wounded, but Antoine tries to get rid of him as he boards the train to freedom.
Cast
Étienne Bierry
Schmidt, le chef de barraque des culottes rouges
Teddy Bilis
Le curé
Jacques Balutin
Un chanteur de la troupe
Antoine Bourseiller
Le metteur en scène
Rudy Lenoir
Le caporal Allemand (qui compte les Corses)
Laurent Terzieff
Antoine Rossi, le "culotte rouge"
Bourvil
Fendard
Michel Puterflam
L'homme de la troupe jouant Phidias
Robert Piquet
Étienne, un chanteur de la troupe
Germain Muller
Le commandant SS du stalag présent aux répétitions
Étienne Lorin
Self - Étienne Lorin et son orchestre, les musciens de la troupe
Harry-Max
Kermadec, le médecin militaire Breton (uncredited)
Robert Rollis
P'tit Louis, un prisonnier (uncredited)
Paul Mercey
Le prisonnier aux cuisines (uncredited)
Fulbert Janin
Un homme de la troupe (uncredited)
Francis Lax
Un homme de la troupe (uncredited)
Jean Martin
Un homme de la troupe (uncredited)
Guy Piérauld
Un homme de la troupe (uncredited)
Adrien Cayla-Legrand
Un musicien de l'orchestre (uncredited)
Marcel Gassouk
Un prisonnier (uncredited)
Henri Poirier
Un prisonnier (uncredited)
Jean Rupert
Gustave, Le prisonnier rentrant les foins (uncredited)
Jean Mauvais
Le prisonnier changeant l'heure de sa montre (uncredited)
Marcel Mérovée
Le prisonnier mangeant avec Fendard (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Zola
Le délégué civil (uncredited))
Odette Piquet
L'Allemande avec Hans (uncredited)
Gérard Hoffmann
Le docteur corse (uncredited)
Derham O'Neill
Un gardien allemand (uncredited)
François Valorbe
L'officier Allemand au spectacle de la troupe (uncredited)
Jacques Plée
Le prisonnier expulsé de sa couchette par Antoine (uncredited)
Willy Braque
Prisoner (uncredited)
Crew
Alex Joffé
Director, Screenplay
Pierre Lévy-Corti
Screenplay, Story
Étienne Bierry
Story
Éric Pluet
Editor, Editorial Manager
Hadassa Misrahi
Assistant Editor
Jean Penzer
Director of Photography
Marcel Ugols
Assistant Director
Francis Girool
Assistant Director
Claude Clément
Assistant Director
Robert Dorfmann
Producer
Georges Lévy
Production Design, Set Decoration
Billy Vilerbue
Camera Operator
Yves Rodallec
Assistant Camera, First Assistant Camera
Jean Marion
Original Music Composer
Liliane de Kermadec
Still Photographer
Denise Morlot
Script Supervisor
Jean Pieuchot
General Manager
