Claude Heymann

Under the codename Jericho British and French forces set their sights on the liberation of a Nazi camp in northern France.

The ill-fated romance of a brow-beaten seaport slum café waitress and a young man with a possessive mother, who dreams of going out to sea. (unifrance.org)

Simon is the servant, who takes easily to the comparative freedom and equality of barrack life. But his 'poet' master is scapegoated, bullied and jailed. (camerajournal)

Victor, a righteous man, is secretly in love with Françoise, married to Marc Pélicier, a slick scoundrel who was also Victor's brother-in-arms during the war. When Marc is threatened to be sent to jail, Victor lets himself be condemned in his place. Once Victor is released Françoise believes she loves him but she can't give up the luxury Marc gives her. Fortune ends up smiling on Victor, whose business starts thriving. He falls for Marianne, a young typist.