In southern France, in a quiet little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the pharmacist, the veterinary, and some of his employees. As they are drinking wine, they hear a terrible noise and the heat's getting higher and higher. They don't realize what's happening: when they come out of the cellar, they realize that everything has burned, and all the buildings are destroyed...
Sound | Gabriel Yared | Music |
Production | Hans Brockmann | Co-Producer |
Camera | Jean Penzer | Director of Photography |
Production | Hans Pflüger | Co-Producer |
Editing | Henri Lanoë | Editor |
Writing | Pierre Dumayet | Writer |
Directing | Christian de Chalonge | Director |
Writing | Christian de Chalonge | Writer |
Writing | Robert Merle | Novel |
Production | Claude Nedjar | Producer |