At a French Fireside

Name: At a French Fireside
Director: Kurt Maetzig
Genre: Drama
Released: 1962-09-17

Film19621h 39mReleased

Drama

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Director: Kurt Maetzig
Language: German
Released: 1962-09-17
Runtime: 1h 39m

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8.82 votes on TMDB

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The story

Bundeswehr soldier Klaus’ regiment is stationed in France, to take part in NATO maneuvers. The soldiers are ordered to be kind to the populace, since the West German High Command wishes the French to forget the atrocities that were committed during the Second World War. Klaus falls in love with Jeanne, the daughter of the local mayor. He discovers that his commanders intend to demolish the ruins of a local church, in which civilians were murdered by the German occupation forces at 1944. A local journalist who researches the event discovers that West German General Rucker ordered the massacre, but he is mysteriously murdered. Klaus defies his commanding officer Siebert, who instructs him to steal the documents indicting Rucker, and hands the evidence over to Jeanne.