Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.

Jean-Louis Trintignant
as Julien Maroyeur

Romy Schneider
as Anna Kupfer

Maurice Biraud
as Maurice

Paul Amiot
as Francois le Verdun

Niké Arrighi
as Monique Maroyeur

Paul Le Person
as Kommissar

Anne Wiazemsky
as Anna Maroyeur

Jean Lescot
as Rene

Régine
as Julie

Roger Ibáñez
as Stranger