The Day and the Hour
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
René Clément
Simone Signoret
Stuart Whitman
Geneviève Page
Michel Piccoli
Reggie Nalder
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Synopsis
In Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944, wealthy Thérèse Dutheil is oblivious to the hardships and sufferings brought on by war. Her husband, an officer, has been captured by the Germans, and Thérèse lives in an elegant apartment with her two young daughters. After a trip to a country farm to obtain food, Thérèse returns to Paris with the farmer's son and discovers that three Allied soldiers are hidden in their truck. When the farmer's son disappears, Thérèse, furious at becoming involved, leads the soldiers to a Resistance hideout. Because there isn't room for them all, she is forced to hide American Capt. Allen Morley in her home. When the Resistance sends Allen on an escape route to the Spanish border, Thérèse accompanies him. Along the way a Gestapo agent attempts to arrest him, and they are arrested by local police at Toulouse, but they are allowed to escape because the police chief realizes that this act will place him in a good position with the Allies. Now deeply in love, Allen and Thérèse bicycle to the border. Allen's request that Thérèse be allowed to accompany him to freedom is refused, and he is forced to leave before saying goodby to her. Unable to return to Paris, Thérèse decides to remain at the border to aid other escaping Allied soldiers. As she enters Resistance headquarters, a radio announces the date--6 June 1944.
Director
René Clément
Cast
Simone Signoret
Stuart Whitman
Geneviève Page
Michel Piccoli
Reggie Nalder
Pierre Dux
Billy Kearns
Mark Burns
Roger Kemp
Henri Virlogeux
Colette Castel
Edward Meeks
Marcel Bozzufi
Jean Gras
Hubert De Lapparent
Georges Staquet
Maurice Garrel
Guy Dakar
Robert Bazil
Marcel Gassouk
Etienne Dirand
Fred Fisher
Henia Suchar
Marie Mergey
Anthony Stuart
Carl Studer
Clara Gansard
Yvette Etiévant
Hugues Wanner
Gessie Azoulai
Catherine Azoulai
Crew
Jacques Bar
André Barret
Claude Bölling
Pierre Calvet
Michel Choquet
René Clément
Henri Decaë
Alain Douarinou
Bernard Evein
Raymond Froment
Constantin Gavras
Claude Pinoteau
Léon Sanz
Charles Trenet
Roger Vailland
Roger Vailland
Clement Biddle Wood
Fedora Zincone
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Copyright length: 104 min. Paris opening: April 1963 as Le jour et l'heure; running time: 110 min. Rome opening: June 1963 as Il giorno e l'ora; running time: 110 min; alternative Italian title: Viviamo oggi. Also known as Today We Live.
