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At a French Fireside

Film196299 min8.8/10 on TMDB

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Directed by Kurt Maetzig

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.

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Director
Kurt Maetzig
Screenplay
Harald Hauser
Screenplay
Henryk Keisch
Director of Photography
Günter Haubold
Original Music Composer
Wilhelm Neef