A French town in the middle of the mountains is surrounded by a small troop of Nazis, and the villagers are afraid to stand up to them until a Canadian pilot (Vincent Ball) parachutes into their midst. Energizing the younger villagers and more courageous older men (as well as a few women), he convinces them to stage a rebellion, and finds obstacles in the form of the town elder Cruz motive seems suspicious. Even his younger son wants to stand up to the tyranny surrounding them, and gets a slap in the face for his efforts. Pretty barmaid Lisa Daniely is attracted to Ball even though she's engaged to another man, and this creates human conflict as well as the conflict of war. Ball is the type of hero that Errol Flynn or Leslie Howard would have played in American or British films back during the war. Nothing like
While well-intended and dramatically interesting, this is nothing new, seeming like one of dozens of films that would have come out 15 years before. you really don't see much of the Nazis, just long and loud conversations with the French villagers debating their next move or whether they will fight or submit.. The performances are sincere and in spite of lots of talk, the film does move by at a fast pace. This does not seem much different than hundreds of propaganda films made during the war, and does not attempt to advance the plot to give it a unique perspective.
While well-intended and dramatically interesting, this is nothing new, seeming like one of dozens of films that would have come out 15 years before. you really don't see much of the Nazis, just long and loud conversations with the French villagers debating their next move or whether they will fight or submit.. The performances are sincere and in spite of lots of talk, the film does move by at a fast pace. This does not seem much different than hundreds of propaganda films made during the war, and does not attempt to advance the plot to give it a unique perspective.