Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.
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The people behind it
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Julien Maroyeur
Romy Schneider
Anna Kupfer
Maurice Biraud
Maurice
Paul Amiot
Francois le Verdun
Niké Arrighi
Monique Maroyeur
Paul Le Person
Kommissar
Anne Wiazemsky
Anna Maroyeur
Jean Lescot
Rene
Régine
Julie
Roger Ibáñez
Stranger
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