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Weird film.

posted 14 years ago by Exar-Sama
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Even on both sides, it seemed they were trying to point out that the French were "superior" to the Germans/Nazis. Every scene with the French police almost always had them mentioning how they're so wonderful at police work and the Germans are nothing but brutes. Comeon, French people, you were occupied by them for what, 4-5 years? Give me a break. I understand the 23 were brought in by the Vichy only, but it got really tiring and made me want to watch Un Village Francais or Jean Moulin, which I shall be doing this weekend to cleanse my brain of the large amounts of mindnumbing stupid dialogue in this film. Sorry, can't see Gestapo and SS pandering to French Vichy authorities and literally bowing down to them. That's all I saw in this film for the most part, other than the brief-but-memorable portrayal of Oberg.

Missak was well portrayed, but everyone else was inconsistent, hardly in, or devious and boring. I also couldn't stand the redhead. She was a dreadfully trite little thing and I hope her actress has a hard time finding work (at least outside France and on the French tv I watch :) ).

Perhaps this story was true, but it didn't transfer to a very engaging film. I felt that the middle to third forth of film were the best. The rest was rather so-so.

[–] ib011f9545i 14 years ago

I don't think you get it,police forces work in the society they are part of.

The police of Vichy France had been police in the previous French Republic,they had hunted communists( and bankrobbers and rapists.)
The political police of Vichy were in the best position to hunt anti Vichy and anti German occupation groups.

The war between the Germans and the various resistance groups was also an internal French civil war which had started many years before.

Nobody says that the Germans were not in charge after they occupied the whole of France but the Vichy government justified the collaboration with the Germans as the best way to protect French interests.

The Germans could only run the occupied nations by running the nations using the existing state organisations be they railways or police forces or whatever,civil servants including police could not just quit or go and join the free French.
Sadly many people supported Vichy France and were keen on their work.

France is still coming to terms with these issues.

[–] bluesguy 11 years ago

DITTO.

I TRULY MISS STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN!