Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Jewish film entrepreneur Bernard Natan on trial in France for fraud c. 1936; screenshot from part 1, The Collapse. Part one of the film focuses on France's defeat by Germany in 1940, the initial support for armistice and the Pétain government, the beginning of German occupation, and the early stirrings of resistance.
The Military Administration in France (German: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; French: Administration militaire en France) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zone in areas of northern and western France.
Resistance 1942 is a historical drama that tells the story of Jacques, a man who broadcasts messages of hope and resistance to the citizens of France during the Nazi occupation in 1942. As the Gestapo searches for him, Jacques and his daughter Juliette find help from Andre, a Swiss banker, who risks his life to aid them.
La Grande Vadrouille (French pronunciation: [la ɡʁɑ̃d vadʁuj]; transl. "The Great Stroll"), originally released in the United Kingdom as Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!, is a 1966 French-British comedy film directed by Gérard Oury about French civilians who, in 1942, help the crew of a Royal Air Force bomber that has been shot down over Paris make their way through German-occupied ...
Depicts the destruction of Polish Jewry by the Nazi onslaught, includes rare footage of Jewish life in early 20th century Poland. 1967 United States The Diary of Anne Frank: Alex Segal: TV movie: Harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. 1969 France
In June 1940, German military forces invade the fictional village of Villeneuve, near the French-Swiss border in the department (province) of Jura, France. The village is put into disarray by the occupying German military, which quickly takes control of all aspects of Villeneuve life, including the subjugation of the local government and police.
Joan of Paris is a 1942 war film about five Royal Air Force pilots shot down over Nazi-occupied France during World War II and their attempt to escape to England. It stars Michèle Morgan and Paul Henreid, with Thomas Mitchell, Laird Cregar and May Robson in her last role.
The musical theme was taken from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which features the famous rhythm used to introduce radio broadcasts to Nazi occupied territories, and also signifies the letter "V", for Victory, in Morse Code. With the exception of the episode "One More River", which was shot on film, the programme was shot on colour videotape.