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Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois, The Fugitives leans on a strong ensemble — Pierre Fresnay, François Périer, Michel André — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about war titles of 1955.
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In may 1940, the German troops enter France. Frightened by the progress of the enemy, the people of a small village of Pas-de-Calais decide on the recommendations of the prefecture, to give up everything to go on the road, fleeing to the coast.
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