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FRENCH FILMS ON DVD SET DURING THE OCCUPATION OF

FRANCE IN WORLD WAR TWO.

L'ARMEE DU CRIME/ARMY OF CRIME (15) 2009 FRANCE GUEDIGUIAN,

ROBERT £15.99 French World War II drama chronicling the famous 1944 'Red Poster' case, in which a

group of foreign partisans defied French apathy to form their own resistance against the Nazi

occupation.

L'ARMEE DES OMBRES (12) 1969 FRANCE MELVILLE, J.P. £19.99

Based on the Joseph Kessel novel the film is one of the greatest and the most authentic film

portrayals of the French Resistance.

LES AMOURS SECRÈTES (12) 2010 FRANCE PHELIZON, FRANCK £12.99 A Jewish man, reflects on the Second World War through his sister's diary written in

1942 in Nazi-occupied France.

**AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS (PG) 1987 FRANCE MALLE, L. £19.99 Wartime drama set in a wintry catholic boarding school. The film probes the

relationship between a young student and his reserved new Jewish classmate, who is hiding

from the Germans. (** At present this title is unavailable awaiting re-issue)

BON VOYAGE (12) 2004 FRANCE RAPPENEAU, JEAN PAUL £19.99

Paris 1940. The eve of the Nazi takeover. Seven people flee the capital for Bordeaux

in order to escape the occupation, taking shelter at the Hotel Splendide.

LE CHANT DES MARIÉES /THE WEDDING SONG (15) 2008 FRANCE ALBO,

KARIN U IN ARABIC & FRENCH £15.99 Drama set during World War Two, following two women who try to maintain their

friendship under difficult circumstances. Nour and Myriam, an Arab and a Jew who have

been best pals since childhood, find their lives in turmoil as the Nazis gain control over Tunis

LE CHAGRIN ET LA PITIÉ/SORROW AND THE PITY (E) FRANCE 1969

OPHULS, MARCEL £24.99 Film combines interviews with archive footage to explore the reality of occupation of

the industrial city Clermont-Ferrand by the Germans in World War Two.

LE CORBEAU (PG) 1943 FRANCE HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT £19.99

First French film noir made in German occupied France which ensured a storm of

controversy and it was attacked by the right-wing Vichy regime, the left-wing Resistance

press and the Catholic Church.

LE DERNIER MÉTRO/LAST METRO (PG) FRANCE 1980 TRUFFAUT, FRANCOIS

£19.99 Depardieu and Deneuve in a wartime story of a theatre troupe whose Jewish director

must stay hidden from the Gestapo.

ELLE S'APPELAIT SARAH/SARAH’S KEY (12) 2010 FRANCE PAQUET-

BRENNER, GILLES £17.99 A Jewish girl's story opens wounds from France's wartime past. Living in Paris while

her architect husband Bertrand (Frederic Pierrot) restores his family's apartment block, writer

Julia Jarmond (Kristin Scott Thomas) stumbles across the wartime history of the block's

original Jewish owners, who were arrested by the Vichy government as part of the notorious

Vel' d'Hiv Roundup of 1942 and forced to sell their property. As the story unfolds, Julia

becomes increasingly haunted by the fate of ten-year-old Sarah Starzynski (Melusine

Mayance), who, after being detained, escapes in a desperate attempt to return to the block

where she has secretly hidden her younger brother.

ENFANTS DU PARADIS (PG) 1945 FRANCE B/W CARNE, MARCEL £19.99

Marcel Carne's greatest work was made in German-occupied France during the 2nd

World War. The story intertwines the fates of four men who love one woman in 1820s

Paris. The central figure of the film, Garance, has also been likened to a symbol of a liberated

France, a woman who will never be dominated.

LA FILLE DU PUISATIER/THE WELL-DIGGER'S DAUGHTER (PG) 2011

FRANCE AUTEUIL, DANIEL £19.99 Based on the Marcel Pagnol novel set in Provence during the First World War

INDIGÈNES/DAYS OF GLORY (12) 2006 FRANCE BOUCHAREB, R. £19.99

This award-winning film shows WWII through the eyes of four North African

soldiers fighting for the French army during the German occupation.

JEUX INTERDITS /FORBIDDEN GAMES (12) 1952 FRANCE CLÉMENT, RENÉ

£15.99 Set in France in 1940, the story follows five-year-old Paulette (Brigitte Fossey), who

is left traumatised after her parents and pet dog are killed in a Nazi air attack whilst fleeing

Paris. She soon finds herself befriended by ten-year-old Michel Dollé (Georges Poujouly),

however, whose peasant family takes her in.

As Paulette and Michel become best friends, they find a way of coping with the death and

destruction that surrounds them by creating their own world, and in particular, a small

cemetery in the ruins of an old barn, where they bury Paulette's dog, and any other dead

animals and insects they find.

LA GRANDE VADROUILLE (PG) 1966 FRANCE OURY, GERARD £15.99 French wartime comedy farce.

LAISSEZ PASSER (12) 2002 FRANCE BERTRAND TAVERNIER £19.99 Acclaimed true-life tale of French Resistance sympathisers working in the movies

during World War Two.

**LUCIEN LACOME (15) 1974 FRANCE MALLE, LOUIS £39.99

One of the first French films to deal with the collaboration during the Nazi occupation.

(** At present this title is unavailable awaiting re-issue)

LUCIE AUBRAC (15) 1997 FRANCE BERRI, CLAUDE £19.99 A beautiful romance in the Second World War, based on a true story, about a woman

trying to rescue her husband, a betrayed resistance member from prison.

LA RAFLE /ROUND UP (15) 2010 FRANCE BOSCJ, ROSE

DVD - £17.99 BLU RAY - £19.99 Rose Bosch writes and directs this French drama based on real events that took place

in Paris at the beginning of the Second World War. In July 1942 the French police, under

Nazi orders, are rounding up thousands of Jewish men, women and children to transport them

to extermination camps in Poland. Told from the perspective of 11-year old Jo Weismann

(Hugo Leverdez), the film also stars Jean Reno and Melanie Laurent as medics working with

the prisoners - who, while sympathetic to the plight of their patients, are ultimately powerless

to save them from the horrific fate that awaits them.

A SECRET (15) 2007 FRANCE MILLER,CLAUDE £19.99 Adaptation of Philippe Grimbert's bestselling novel, this film is a compelling account

of a 15-year- old boy who unearths a shocking family secret.Spanning half a century, the

film's multi-layered narrative revolves around a Jewish family torn asunder during the

impending German occupation of France during World War II.

LE SILENCE DE LA MER (PG) 1949 FRANCE MELVILLE, J.P. £19.99 Melville's debut film is an adaptation of the novella by French resistance author

Vercors, which was clandestinely written in 1942 during the Nazi occupation of France in

WWII

UN CONDAMNÉ À MORT S'EST ÉCHAPPÉ OU LE/A MAN ESCAPED (U) 1966

FRANCE B/W BRESSON, ROBERT £19.99 Daring escape by a French resistance leader in World War II

UN HÉROS TRÈS DISCRET/SELF MADE HERO (15) 1996 FRANCE AUDIARD,

JACQUES £19.99 Comedy-drama set in the winter of 1944.

UN AMOUR Ã TAIRE/A LOVE TO HIDE (15) 2005 FRANCE FAURE,

CHRISTIAN £14.99 Stirring drama that takes place in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1942. The story revolves

around a gay male couple who must keep their love a secret for fear of persecution. Their

lives are further complicated by the appearance of a young Jewish woman seeking refuge.

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