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Documentary-style story of Albert Dehousse who during the German Occupation of France 1940-1944, works as a travelling salesman. After the Liberation Dehousse discovers that his wife and father-in-law were members of the Resistance. Albert runs away to Paris where he reinvents himself as a Resistance hero.

Based on the novel by Jean-François Deniau. In provincial France, during the German Occupation, a man works as a travelling salesman. At the Liberation, he discovers that his wife and father-in-law were involved in the Resistance, while his mother's collaboration is publicly punished. He runs away to Paris where he reinvents himself as a Resistance hero, and is appointed to weed out traitors in France and then to run psychological and propaganda operations in Germany.

©Aliceléo/Lumière/France 3 Cinéma/M6 Films/Initial Groupe Patrick Godeau, Aliceléo & Lumière present A co-production by Aliceléo/ Lumière/France 3 Cinéma/M6 Films/Initial Groupe In association with Cofimage 7, Studio Images 2, Le Studio Canal + With the participation of Canal +, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Ministère de la Culture, La Sacem and the financial support of La Procirep dépôt légal: 1996. visa d'exploitation: 87461 Dolby stereo.