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...
Christian de Chalonge | Director |
Pierre Dumayet | Writer |
Robert Merle | Novel |
Christian de Chalonge | Writer |
Hans Pflüger | Co-Producer |
Jean Penzer | Director of Photography |
Hans Brockmann | Co-Producer |
Claude Nedjar | Producer |
Henri Lanoë | Editor |
Gabriel Yared | Original Music Composer |