"North Africa, December 1942. Valentin, a professional gardener ruined by the bombings of 1940, has fled to Tunis, where he traffics stolen goods, transporting them from Libya to Tunisia on an old boat."
Marlène Jobert
as Lorène
Michel Piccoli
as Valentin
Michael York
as Basil
Louis Velle
as Paul-Émile
Amidou
as Ali
Didi Perego
as Renata
Jean Bouise
as Man on the terrace
Gene Moyle
as English Major
Alan Scott
as British aircraft officer
Hans Verner
as Major Becker
Tano Cimarosa
as Italian soldier on the beach
Ernesto Colli
as
Umberto D'Orsi
as Major Bruzzalini
Salvatore Ricciardella
as Ambrosio
Ugo Fangareggi
as Deputy
Luca Sportelli
as Colombani
Leopoldo Trieste
as Sergeant of the fort
Luigi Bonos
Jean-Loup Dabadie
Writer
Philippe de Broca
Director
Alexandre Mnouchkine
Producer
Henri Lanoë
Editor
René Mathelin
Director of Photography
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
Georges Dancigers