The Manor
Run. Hide. Fight
2018 · 8 min · ★ 6.0 · War
Set in 1944. A battle in the french countryside leaves a German soldier alone to bury his fallen comrades. He is attacked by a lone American paratrooper and the two do battle around a country manor house, in a tense game of cat and mouse
Directed by William Stone · Written by William Stone
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- J Joe Ashman The German
- C Conor Hartnett The American
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