The Damned
1947 · 105 min · ★ 5.9 · Drama, War, Thriller
In April 1945, a group of Nazis and collaborators gather in Oslo to board a submarine headed for South America, aiming to avoid justice. Kidnapped Doctor Guilbert is forced to accompany them.
Directed by René Clément · Written by Jacques Companéez
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Henri Vidal Doctor Guilbert -
Florence Marly Hilde Garosi -
Fosco Giachetti Garosi -
Paul Bernard Couturier, journalist -
Jo Dest Forster -
Michel Auclair Willy Morus - A Anne Campion Ingrid Eriksen
- J Jean Didier The Captain
- L Lucien Hector Eriksen
- A Andreas Von Halberstadt
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Marcel Dalio Larga - J Jean Lozach
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