Keyword: occupied france

Combat!

8.4

1962

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Combat!, a one-hour World War II drama series, followed a front line American infantry squad as they battled their way across Europe

A French Village

8.4

2009

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Traces the experiences of various residents of a fictional small village just inside the occupation zone during WWII. Deals with issues including collaboration, the Resistance, the fate of French Jews, and war profiteering.

Strayed

5.8

2003

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Emmanuelle Béart stars as a widowed schoolteacher who flees Nazi-occupied Paris with her children. A teenaged boy comes to their rescue by leading them into the forest -- their best shot at survival.

The Sorrow and the Pity

8.2

1969

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An in-depth exploration of the various reactions by the French people to the Vichy governments acceptance of Nazi invasion.

Léon Morin, Priest

7.5

1961

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Set during occupied France, a faithless woman finds herself falling in love with a young priest.

Bon Voyage

6.1

1944

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A young Scottish R. A. F. Gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from occupied territory, and in particular one person who may or may not have been a German Agent.

Jacquot

7.7

1991

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A boy growing up in Nantes during WW2 around his fathers mechanic workshop has a love for puppet shows and cinema and develops it into his own art. Jacques Demy, the artist at the end of his life, reflects on his childhood influences.

Lucie Aubrac

6.3

1997

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A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband, and the lengths she goes to to rescue her husband from prison on more than one occasion. Based on a true story Lucie Aubrac works as both history lesson and love story.

War of the Buttons

6.2

2011

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Occupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, whos Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of whats happening.

A Bag of Marbles

7.3

2017

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In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate an incredible amount of cleverness, courage, and ingenuity to escape the enemy invasion and to try to reunite their family once again.

Le Silence de la Mer

7.7

1949

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1941 in a small town in Nazi occupied France. Against the will of its elderly male and his adult niece residents, the Nazis commandeer a house for one of their officers, Lt. Werner von Ebrennac, to live in for as long as he is in the area on Nazi business. As a figurative and literal silent protest against the Nazis and the officer, the uncle and niece do whatever is required of them while the officer is in their house, however they do not acknowledge his presence, living largely in silence whenever he is around. The officer treats the housing situation with care, like he is a guest. Although not a nightly occurrence, the officer begins an evening routine with his reluctant hosts: in his civilian clothes, he knocks on the door of the room in which they have convened for the evening, walking in shortly thereafter knowing that no acknowledgment will be made for him to enter, he visits with them for no more than five minutes before he bids them a good evening as he exits. During these visits, he speaks reverently about, among other things, culture - music and literature in particular as he is a composer and musician - his national pride, his love of France, and what he hopes will emerge from the war, namely a strong and free France, stronger than it was before the war, and the marriage between the French and German cultures which will enrich the lives of all Europeans. All the while, he makes no expectations from them, either to listen, or to answer if they are indeed listening. At the end of what ends up being his six month stay at the house, he does end up having a profound effect on the uncle and niece, despite that effect being largely unacknowledged, as his stay in France has a profound effect on him, opening up his eyes to the reality of the war based largely on his first ever visit into Paris.

Story of Women

7.6

1988

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A housewife in Nazi-occupied France struggles to make ends meet when her husband returns home after being wounded in the war.

Tonight We Raid Calais

6.4

1943

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During WW2, a British commando lands in Nazi-occupied France to locate a German munitions plant and to mark the target with a beacon for the Allied night bombers sent to destroy it.

Our Miss Fred

5.8

1972

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Shakespearian actor Fred Wimbushs drafted during WWII. While entertaining the troops with his drag act one day, the Germans capture them. Thinking hes a girl, they let him go. He mustnt break his character until he reaches safety.