Life and Nothing But

January, 1920. 350,000 French soldiers remain missing in action. Major Dellaplane tirelessly matches the dead and the wounded with families' descriptions. Honor and ethics drive him; he hates the idea of "the unknown soldier." Into his sector, looking for her husband, comes a haughty, politically connected Parisian, Madame Irène de Courtil. Brusquely, Dellaplane offers her 1/350,000th of his time, but as their paths cross and she sees his courage and resolve, feelings change. After he finds a surprising connection between her missing husband and a local teacher, Irène makes Dellaplane an offer. This man of action hesitates: has he missed his only chance?

Philippe Noiret

(Commander Delaplane)

Sabine Azéma

(Irène de Courtil)

Pascale Vignal

(Alice)

Maurice Barrier

(Mercadot)

François Perrot

(Perrin)

Jean-Pol Dubois

(André, chauffeur)

Daniel Russo

(Lieutenant Trévise)

Michel Duchaussoy

(General Villerieux)

Arlette Gilbert

(Valentine)

Louis Lyonnet

(Valentin)

Charlotte Maury-Sentier

(Cora Mabel)

François Caron

(Julien)

Thierry Gimenez

(Engineering adjutant)

Frédérique Meininger

(Mrs. Lebègue)

Pierre Trabaud

(Eugène Dilatoire)

Jean-Roger Milo

(Monsieur Lebègue)

André Claisse

(Customer in the restaurant)

Didier Grégoire

(Soldier in the party hall)

Marcel Zanini

(Léon, musician)

Catherine Verlor

(Nun at the beach)

Jean-Christophe Lebert

(The amnesiac)

Bruno Therasse

(Rougeaud)

Philippe Uchan

(The man without legs)

Marion Loran

(Solange de Boissancourt)

Charlotte Kady

(Nun in the hospital)

Gabriel Cattand

(Professor Mortier)

Christophe Odent

(Poirleau)

Christian Magnan

(Catreux)

Jean Champion

(Lagrange)

Philippe Deplanche

(Lecordier)

Michel Cassagne

(Abel Masclé)

Frédéric Pierrot

(Marcel)

François Domange

(Georges)

Jean-Paul Comart

(Fagot)

Patrick Massieu

(Cemetery keeper)

Didier Harlmann

(The armless man)

Pascal Elso

(The blind man)

Odile Cointepas

(Madame Hannesson)

Louba Guertchikoff

(The woman with blue eyes)

Jean-Claude Calon

(The zealous Sergeant)

Jean-Yves Gautier

(Caporal)

Gilles Janeyrand

(Non-commissioned Officer)

Nicolas Tronc

(Soldier Lefèvre)

Michèle Gleizer

(Farmer's wife)

Daniel Langlet

(Monsieur Lohac)

Adrienne Bonnet

(Madame Lohac)

Marcel Zanini

(Léon)

Marc Perrone

(Pochin)

Georges Staquet

(Vicar)

Alain Frérot

(Pelat)

François Dyrek

(Vergnes)

Oswald d'Andréa

(Pianist Cora Mabel)

Micky Baker

(Banjo jazz)

Sancoma Everett

(Drummer jazz)

Bobby Few

(Pianist jazz)

Steve Potts

(Saxophonist jazz)

Mike Zwerin

(Jennings)

Bruno Raffaelli

(Maginot)

Éric Dufay

(Soldier Thain)