Based on the novels of Vercors, Le silence de la mer and Ce jour-là. 2004 television remake of the 1947 film. Special features: chapter selection, selective biography of Vercors. Michel Galabru, Julie Delarme, Thomas Jouannet.
Summary:
In a small town in occupied France in 1941, a German officer is billeted in the house of an uncle and his niece. The uncle and niece refuse to speak to the officer, but each evening the officer warms himself by the fire and talks of his country, his music, and his idealistic views of the relationship between France and Germany. That is, until he visits Paris and discovers what is really going on.
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