Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
- Directed by
- Robert Wise
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 09m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
During the Franco-Prussian War, Prussian soldiers occupy a French town. A young French woman faces choices about how to resist or endure the occupation.
periodwartimetensesomberpatrioticreflectiverestrainedseriousnostalgic
What happens
Mademoiselle Fifi is a 1944 American period film directed by Robert Wise for RKO, in his solo directorial debut. It was written by Josef Mischel and Peter Ruric based on two short stories by Guy de Maupassant, "Mademoiselle Fifi" and "Boule de Suif". The film features an ensemble cast headed by Simone Simon, John Emery and Kurt Kreuger, and was produced by noted B-film producer Val Lewton. The movie is set during a time when the Prussian Army occupied part of France in 1870. Since it was produced in Hollywood during the Second World War, in the same year Paris was liberated from Nazi rule, it contains elements of wartime propaganda, evoking Jeanne D’Arc among other heroes of French history, and holding up French people in occupied territory who follow orders as objects of pity or outrage, depending on their circumstances. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Jéricho (1946)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.