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Belgian Revenge (1922)

Belgian Revenge poster
Original title
La revanche belge
Directed by
Théo Bergerat
Genre
drama film
Country
Belgium
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Belgian woman refuses to believe a German officer's lie that her fiancé, a military engineer, has been killed. She resists his blackmail and pressure to collaborate during World War I.

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What happens

Belgian Revenge (French:La revanche belge) is a 1922 Belgian silent film directed by Théo Bergerat and starring Fernand Crommelynck. War drama about a woman hero, in love with a military engineer and coveted by his odious collaborationist "krauts". She does not give in to the blackmail of a German who is lying to her about her fiancé's alleged death. The only remnant of the Belgian production of the Frenchman Bergerat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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