The Damned (1947)

Original title

Les Maudits

Directed by

René Clément

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

12

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The Damned is about a group of Nazis and collaborators fleeing on a submarine as World War Two ends. Their escape plan goes wrong as tensions and betrayals surface among the passengers.

tenseclaustrophobicsuspensefulbleakgrittyrealisticwar-tornnoirish

What happens

The Damned (French: Les Maudits) is a 1947 French war film and drama film directed by René Clément and starring Marcel Dalio, Henri Vidal, Florence Marly and Fosco Giachetti.. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. The film is notable for its depiction of the interior of a wartime submarine and for its tracking shots through the length of the U-boat. It was shot at the Victorine Studios in Nice and on location around Toulon and the Mediterranean coastline. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Betrand. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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