Mr. Orchid (1946)
In the Charente, during the Nazi occupation, 51-year-old apparent pacifist Edouard Martin is in fact the leader of a resistance network, using his hobby of orchid growing to hide radio equipment.
- Released
- 1946-04-30
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- René Clément
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 25 votes
Cast
- Noël-Noël as Édouard Martin
- Nadine Alari as Monique Martin, daughter of Édouard
- Paul Frankeur as Simon, Édouard's second lieutenant
- Marcel Delaître as Charrat, resentful neighbor
- Charles Lemontier as Father Charles
- Maurice Chevit as Maquisard
- Alice Leitner
- Georges Questau
- Simone Lestan
- Maurice Salabert as Butcher
- Jaqueline Lefer
- Pierre Noël
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