Calm at Sea (2013)

  • NR
  • 10/25/2013 (BR)
  • War, Drama, History
  • 1h 30m

Overview

October 1941. Eighteen months into France’s occupation by German troops, young Communist members of the Resistance shoot dead an officer of the German Army. In retaliation, Hitler demands the deaths of 150 Frenchmen, as 'retribution'. The targets are to be mostly young men believed to share the assassins’ political convictions. Most of these men are taken from an internment camp for opponents of the occupation; a 35-year-old French rural administrator is ordered to select the victims. Although the parish priest appeals to their conscience and moral sensibilities, both the German military and their French helpers slavishly follow their orders.

Volker Schlöndorff

Director, Writer

Cast

Ulrich Matthes's headshot

Ulrich Matthes

Ernst Jünger
Jean-Marc Roulot's headshot

Jean-Marc Roulot

Lucien Touya
Marc Barbé's headshot

Marc Barbé

Jean Pierre Thimbaud
Jacob Matschenz's headshot

Jacob Matschenz

Soldat Otto
Harald Schrott's headshot

Harald Schrott

Oberst Speidel
Christopher Buchholz's headshot

Christopher Buchholz

Kristucat
Arielle Dombasle's headshot

Arielle Dombasle

Charmille
Philippe Résimont's headshot

Philippe Résimont

Désiré Granet

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