Calm at Sea (2011)

Original title

La Mer à l'aube

Directed by

Volker Schlöndorff

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

16+

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1941, a group of French communists are taken hostage by German forces after a resistance assassination. The film follows their final days, focusing on the youngest prisoner, a 17 year old boy named Guy Moquet.

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What happens

Calm at Sea (French: La mer à l'aube) is a 2011 German / French drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. The film depicts the events leading to the 1941 execution of a group of French communists, including the 17-year-old Guy Môquet, as retaliation for the assassination of a German officer by the French resistance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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