Calm at Sea

Calm at Sea

2012 · 90 min · ★ 6.6 · War, Drama, History

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.

Directed by Volker Schlöndorff · Written by Volker Schlöndorff

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Léo-Paul Salmain Guy Môquet
Ulrich Matthes Ernst Jünger
Jean-Marc Roulot Lucien Touya
Marc Barbé Jean Pierre Thimbaud
Jacob Matschenz Soldier Otto
Harald Schrott Oberst Speidel
Christopher Buchholz Kristucat
Arielle Dombasle Charmille
Philippe Résimont Désiré Granet
Charlie Nelson Victor Renelle
Martin Loizillon Claude Lalet
Sébastien Accart Sub-prefect Bernard Lecornu

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