Soldats sans uniforme (1945)

Director:

E.G. de Meyst

Writers:

René Herdé (writer)
Georges Lust (writer)

Genre:

War

Plot:

Cast

Maurice Auzat	...	Le comte
Marcel Berteau	...	Gérard
Bienvenu
Bouchat
Viviane Chantel	...	Le modèle
Lucien Charbonnier	...	L'imprimeur
Georges Cox	...	Adolphe
Hubert Daix	...	Rexiste
Marguerite Daulboys	...	L'infirmière
Emile Deluc	...	Le docteur
Harry Dupray	...	Le domestique
Jos Gevers	...	Inspecteur Schuller
André Gevrey	...	Lieuten. Stéphane
Jules Ghaye
René Herdé	...	Walter Izard
Ray Hiernaux	...	Banquier Ferrat
Van Houte
Jean Jeannelin
A. Joubert
Germaine Lacroix	...	La soubrette
Robert Lussac	...	Colonel
Jet Naessens	...	Nicaise
Simone Poncin	...	Evelyne Watson
Jean Ramon
Léon Rosy
Sales
Paul Saussus
Jean Stéphane	...	Le télégraphiste
Adolphe Tamines	...	La femme
Maurice Tamines	...	Le publiciste
Lyta Thévenet	...	Claire
Tonniet
Edgar Willy	...	Le chauffeur

Also Known As:

Soldaten zonder uniform (Belgium: Flemish title)
Soldiers Without Uniform (Belgium: English title)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Belgium

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Belgium:KT

Company:

Probeldis

Trivia:

During the German occupationm Emile-Georges De Meyst wrote for the underground press, and in July 1944 he came up with the idea of shooting in secret a fiction film about the Resistance. By pretending to make cultural documentaries he built up a stockpile of film and he and René Herdé (who was to play the leader of the network) then concocted a script about the evil deeds of drug traffickers. Caution was indeed called for, since the sound engineer turned out to be an infamous collaborator. Shooting began during the final weeks of the Occupation with most actors believing they were playing in a crime movie. The Liberation of Brussels afforded the opportunity to shoot the uniformed sequences and De Meyst rapidly completed what was to be the first feature film on the Resistance.