In the First World War, when Paris is expected to fall to the Germans, the attractive widow, Princesse de Bormes, organises a convoy of cars to evacuate the wounded from the front, and bring them back to her villa in Paris to recuperate. The authorities will not give them passes until an innocent 16-year-old boy, Guillaume Thomas de Fontenoy, joins them and is mistaken as the nephew of the popular General de Fontenoy. The Princess is enraptured by Thomas and her daughter, Henriette, falls in love with him. However Thomas feels impelled to see more of the action of the war.

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Cast

Emmanuelle Riva

la princesse de Bormes

Jean Servais

Pesquel-Duport

Michel Vitold

le docteur Vernes

Rosy Varte

Mme Valiche

Hélène Dieudonné

la tante de Thomas

Gabrielle Dorziat

la cartomancienne

Bernard Lavalette

le docteur Gentil

Édith Scob

l'infirmière

Jean Marais

Le narrateur