
During the Great War, in a small rural French village far from the front, a gamekeeper and his wife take in children displaced by the war.
Drama, Comedy • Series • 1971 • 1 season
Starring: Pierre Doris, Jacqueline Dufranne, Agathe Natanson
Created by: Maurice Pialat

S1 E1 - Episode 1
Gamekeeper Albert lives with his wife and their two children in the house in the woods. In 1917, they welcome three boys whose fathers had gone to the front. While not in school, children play war and hide in the forest.
Sep 12, 1971 • 56m

S1 E2 - Episode 2
The gendarmes investigate a thief who gleefully picks from the common reserve of the village. Hervé sympathises with the elegant Count, and has lunch in his castle.
Sep 19, 1971 • 49m

S1 E3 - Episode 3
A pleasant Sunday countryside party is organized by the inhabitants of the house of the woods. This lull is disturbed by serious news: Marcel, one of Hervé's two companions, is called to the front.
Sep 26, 1971 • 40m

S1 E4 - Episode 4
A garrison stops near the village and the children see real soldiers for the first time. One offers his baptism to Hervé, who is overjoyed. But death is never far from the village and a plane crashes nearby.
Oct 3, 1971 • 55m

S1 E5 - Episode 5
Hervé's father visits his son for the first time in a year. The reunion is timid and infinitely happy. But the boy soon receives tragic news.
Oct 10, 1971 • 56m

S1 E6 - Episode 6
The armistice has arrived, and the children participate in a party before leaving the house in the woods forever. Hervé finds his father in Paris and discovers his new 'mother' and his half-sister Brigitte, with whom he will now live.
Oct 17, 1971 • 1h

S1 E7 - Episode 7
While Parisian life seems very boring to Hervé, 'Papa Jacques' the gamekeeper, pays a surprise visit. His wife is very sick and he is desperate. Hervé decides to run away to go to her and see the house in the woods one last time.
Oct 24, 1971 • 1h 1m
La Maison des bois
During the Great War, in a small rural French village far from the front, a gamekeeper and his wife take in children displaced by the war.
Drama, Comedy • TV Series • 1971