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Quand flambait le bocage (1978)

Quand flambait le bocage poster
Directed by
Claude-Jean Bonnardot
Country
France
Runtime
1h 30m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a French TV film about the conflicts and violence in rural France during World War II. It follows local people caught in the fighting between resistance fighters and occupying forces.

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What happens

Quand flambait le bocage est un téléfilm français, diffusé pour la première fois le 21 novembre 1978, adapté du roman de Philippe Mestre et réalisé par Claude-Jean Bonnardot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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