Nuits d’alerte (1946)

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Country: France
Genres: Drama
Release: 1946-09-25
Director: Léon Mathot
Writers: René Wheeler
Language: French
Stars: Hélène Perdrière , Roger Pigaut , Pierre Dudan , Philippe Hersent , Régine Montlaur , Marcelle Monthil , Henry Murray , Pierre Collet , Howard Vernon , Abel Tarride
Runtime: 120 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Nuits d'alerte , Alert Nights (United States of America) , Nuits d'alerte (France, French Republic)
Plot: Hélène, a young waitress working in a bar frequented by German soldiers, saves the life of Pierre, a Resistance fighter. Her jealous lover has her arrested first and then released. Later on, Hélène is wounded while walking in the streets. Pierre has her transported to friends with the hope of taking her to London with him. Unfortunately, owing to lack of space in the plane, Pierre has to fly alone. Hélène has to wait several weeks before being able to board a new plane. When the day comes at last, the Germans are waiting for the plane on the clandestine airfield...
IMDB:tt0037952