Denise, the head of the Communist Randeacute;sistance, who was Renandeacute;andacute;s sweetheart in his childhood in Nancy, and whoandacute;s now determined to marry Renandeacute;.
Meanwhile, Edith and the servant girls have to explain to the Lieutenant why his little tank has crashed into the public toilet, and ends up getting Gruberandacute;s compassion.
Renandeacute; has a difficult time telling Edith that he will marry Denise, since Monsieur Alphonse has asked for Edithandacute;s hand, and Yvette has it in her heart to tell Edith that Renandeacute; will marry her instead.
In this spoof of World War II, Renandeacute; Artois runs a cafandeacute; in German-occupied France. He always seems to have his hands full: He's having affairs with most of his waitresses, he's keeping his wife happy, he's trying to please the German soldiers who frequent his cafandeacute;, and he's running a major underground operation for the Resistance.