An Intimate History of Occupation

Jun 7, 2011

1h 20m

★ 6.5

Overview

June 14, 1940. The German Army marches into Paris. France is an occupied country. Through exclusive amateur footage, personal stories, and popular songs from the time, this fi lm recounts life with the enemy during the occupation, as seen by the French... and the Germans! Despite the Nazis and the troubled war times, day-to-day life in occupied France went on. People learnt to live with the rationing, the cues, the curfew... Many try to forget the hard times, mainly thanks to the movies in which big stars provide a little dream and lead a privileged life. These stars don't actually collaborate, butadapt and give the impression of normal life during the war. After all, is it necessarily shameful to shake the hand of an enemy?

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Documentary

History

TV Movie

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TF1 Films Production

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Anouchka Delon

Narrator (voice)

Alain Delon

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self

Benoîte Groult

Self (archive footage)

Édith Piaf

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L'Exode

Jun 7, 2020

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Special Section

Apr 23, 1975

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6.2

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9.0

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Narrated by Stephen Baldwin, Finding Manny shares a powerful theme of optimism and makes "never again" have meaning for the next generation. auschwitzsurvivorholocaustorphanagegenocide8 more. Taglines. 70 years after escaping from a Nazi death train-an empowering story of optimism through the darkest of moments.

6.3

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5.1

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8.5

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10.0

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5.5

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6.6

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