During the Second World War, the Martel family hides out in the Pyrenees, waiting for hostilities to end. André, a young boy, saves them from an attack by bogus resistance fighters. Hunted from all sides, he flees to Spain. Catherine Martel leads him to the border, and a romance develops between them.
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Élina Labourdette
Mrs. Martel
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Georges Poujouly
Jean
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Catherine Sola
Catherine
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Michel Subor
André
Known for
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Michel Vitold
Mr. Martel
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Clément Bairam
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Louise Chevalier
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Georges-Fréderic Dehlen
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Maurice Garrel
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Jean Gasparini
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Reinhard Kolldehoff
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Jacques Mauclair
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Jean Kerchbron Director · France Roche Writer Jean Bommart Writer
First release May 26, 1961 · Produced in France · Original title Vacances en enfer
Production
Madeleine Films
Production
France
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Original title
Vacances en enfer
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 26, 1961
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
October 26, 1962 · Theatrical · West Germany
Mexico
February 8, 1968 · Theatrical
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