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Le Déserteur (1939)

Le Déserteur poster
Directed by
Léonide Moguy
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French soldier faces a moral crisis during wartime. He must choose between duty and love.

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What happens

Three Hours is a 1939 French film directed by Léonide Moguy. It was known in France as Je t'attendrai ('I will wait for you'), after an original title of Le déserteur ('The deserter') was censored. It was released in the US in 1944. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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