Wed just as war breaks out, Jeanne hardly gets to know her military husband, Louis, before the debacle of 1940. While waiting for his return from a POW camp, Jeanne journeys through countless affairs with Louis' comrades- in-arms. Hoping to forget these wartime betrayls, Louis takes his wife and the infant twins he didn't father to Berlin, where she falls for Matthais, a sensitive German industrialist. When the Indochinese war sends Louis to Vietnam, Matthais follows Jeanne back to France. A subsequent move to Damascus where Louis is posted as military attache, fails to break their bond.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Emmanuelle BéartJeanne | Jeanne |
 Daniel AuteuilLouis | Louis |
 Samuel Le BihanHenri | Henri |
 Jean-Claude BrialyArnoult | Arnoult |
 Geneviève CasileSolange | Solange |
 Jean-Noël BroutéMarc | Marc |
 Heinz BennentAndreas | Andreas |
 Gabriel BarylliMathias Behrens | Mathias Behrens |
 Michel EtcheverryNot listed | Not listed |
 Laurence MasliahNot listed | Not listed |
 Isabelle GuiardNot listed | Not listed |
 François CaronNot listed | Not listed |
| MMaria FitziNot listed | Not listed |
 Antoine du MerleNot listed | Not listed |