History Film / LesPasseurs

* BrotherSisterIncest: Possibly if [[spoiler:Séverine happens to be the illegitimate child of Bernard and François' mother.]] It's never made clear.

* {{Opportunistic Bastard}}s: Roulet Delmas and Ivan Brontov. The gold Maurice smuggles in Switzerland for them is revealed to have been looted by them in the empty homes of [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust deported Jews]].

Things get complicated when Séverine, Bernard's daughter, and François, Maurice's son, fall in love, and when the smuggling networks attract the attention of both German occupiers and the Milice.

* StarCrossedLovers: Séverine and François end up falling in love, while their fathers are bitter rivals.

* HomeFieldAdvantage: To get rid of the Milice unit, Maurice lures them into the mountains during the winter. He perfectly knows the field, and this being the coldest area of France in the winter, he puts on his warmest clothes. The Milice men are stupid enough to follow him and don't have warm clothes, get lost in a snow storm, and die frozen.

* FeudingFamilies: The feud between the Anthonioz and Nicod families is said to date back to several generations.

* TheRival: Both Bernard and Maurice hate each other and accuse each other of being a hindrance while they do their respective smuggling jobs (since they both use similar paths to get people or goods across the border).

* RevealingCoverup: The two homosexual German soldiers who want to escape to Switzerland don't speak a single word in French, so they try passing as mutes. Unfortunately, his draws the attention of Milice men, which prompts one of the two to pull a BavarianFireDrill with a loud German officer impression. The Milice men leave them alone, not wanting trouble with German authorities, but this causes Anthonioz's network to [[MistakenForSpies suspect them]]. Séverine rightfully guesses that the Gestapo would never send agents who don't speak French to infiltrate them.

* MoeGreeneSpecial: François shoots a dart right in Guy's eye with his dart rifle to save Séverine.

* AllGermansAreNazis: Averted by Bernard Anthonioz, who specifically refuses to consider all Germans as Nazis.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Anthonioz genuinely wants to help threatened people escape fascist terror, while Nicod only wants to make profit by helping the black markets.

* TheMole: Guy, who pretended to be a downed Allied pilot, is revealed to be agent working for the Germans who infiltrated the network of Anthonioz.

During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Bernard Anthonioz and Maurice Nicod, two French mountain men living in the Jura massif, specialize in smuggling people and goods to neutral Switzerland. The two men hate each other with a passion and have opposite philosophies. On one side, Anthonioz smuggles people who are threatened by either the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German occupiers]] or the [[LesCollaborateurs Milice of Vichy France]] (people he smuggles include Jews, communists, homosexuals, downed Allied pilots and the like). On the other side, Nicod smuggles goods and ''only'' goods, usually stuff that his clients don't want the Germans or the Milice to get their hands on, such as works of art.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Bernard and Maurice team up to [[PapaWolf save their children]] at the cost of their lives. They [[SuicideAttack attack the German squad with dynamite sticks, knowing they won't come out of it alive]]. Maurice has a homemade BulletProofVest on and tanks a few ''Mauser'' rifle shots before succumbing, but not before taking a few soldiers out. Bernard ends up cornered and blows himself up. This is enough for François to shoot the remaining soldiers with his rifle and escape to Switzerland with Séverine.]]

* MissingMom: François has always believed his mother [[DeathByChildbirth died when giving birth]] to him. She did... but not when giving birth to him. She died when giving birth to an illegitimate child from Bernard Anthonioz.
* MistakenForSpies: Two men who are revealed to be Germans present themselves to Bernard to be smuggled. Bernard suspects them of being [[UsefulNotes/TheGestapo Gestapo]] spies at first, but it turns out they are homosexual lovers who deserted the army for fear of being shot if their relation was exposed.

* RevealingCoverup: The two homosexual German soldiers who want to escape to Switzerland don't speak a single word in French, so they try passing as mutes. Unfortunately, his draws the attention of Milice men, which prompts one of the two to pull a BavarianFireDrill. The Milice men leave them alone, not wanting trouble with German authorities, but this causes Anthonioz's network to [[MistakenForSpies suspect them]]. Séverine rightfully guesses that the Gestapo would never send agents who don't speak French to infiltrate them.

During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Bernard Anthonioz and Maurice Nicod, two French mountain men living in the Jura massif, specialize in smuggling people and goods to neutral Switzerland. The two men hate each other with a passion and have opposite philosophies. On one side, Anthonioz smuggles people who are threatened by either the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German occupiers]] or the [[LesCollaborateurs Milice of Vichy France]] (people he smuggles include Jews, communists, homosexuals, downed Allied pilots and the like). On the other side, Nicod smuggles goods and ''only'' goods, usually stuff that his clients don't want the Germans or the Milice to get their hands on, such as works of art or pricey BlackMarket products.

During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Bernard Anthonioz and Maurice Nicod, two French mountain men living in the Jura massif, specialize in smuggling people and goods to neutral Switzerland. The two men hate each other with a passion and have opposite philosophies. On one side, Anthonioz smuggles people who are threatened by either the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German occupiers]] or the [[LesCollaborateurs Milice of Vichy France]] (people he smuggles include Jews, communists, homosexuals, downed Allied pilots and the like). On the other side, Nicod smuggles goods and ''only'' goods, usually stuff that his clients don't want the Germans or the Milice to get their hands on, such as work of art or pricey BlackMarket products.

During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Bernard Anthonioz and Maurice Nicod, two French mountain men living in the Jura massif, specialize in smuggling people and goods to neutral Switzerland. The two men hate each other with a passion and have opposite philosophies. On one side, Anthonioz smuggles people who are threatened by either the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German occupiers]] or the [[LesCollaborateurs Milice of Vichy France]] (people he smuggles include Jews, communists, homosexuals, downed Allied pilots and the like). On the other side, Nicod smuggles goods and ''only'' goods, usually stuff that his clients don't want the Germans or the Milice to get their hands on, such as work of art.

During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Bernard Anthonioz and Maurice Nicod, two French mountain men living in the Jura massif, specialize in smuggling people and goods to neutral Switzerland. The two men hate each other with a passion and have opposite philosophies. On one side, Anthonioz smuggles people who are threatened by either the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German occupiers]] or the [[LesCollaborateurs Milice of Vichy France]] (people he smuggles include Jews, communists, homosexuals, downed Allied pilots and the like). On the other side, Nicod smuggles goods and ''only'' goods, usually stuff that people don't want the Germans or the Milice to get their hands on, such as work of art.

Things get complicated when Séverine, Bernard's daughter, and François, Maurice's son, fall in love.

During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Bernard Anthonioz and Maurice Nicod, two French mountain men living in the Jura massif, specialize in smuggling people and goods to neutral Switzerland. The two men hate each other with a passion and have opposite philosophies. On one side, Anthonioz smuggles people who are threatened by either the [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German occupiers]] or the [[LesCollaborateurs Milice of Vichy France]] (people he smuggles include Jews, communists, homosexuals, downed Allied pilots and the like). On the other side, Nicod smuggles goods and ''only'' goods, usually stuff that people don't want the Germans or the Milice to get their hands on, such as work of arts.