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Apr 4, 2012 · Calm at Sea: Directed by Volker Schlöndorff. With Léo-Paul Salmain, Marc Barbé, Ulrich Matthes, Jean-Marc Roulot. A teenager joins the resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
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- Drama, War
- Volker Schlöndorff
- 2012-04-04
Calm at Sea (French: La mer à l'aube) is a 2011 German / French drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. The film depicts the events leading to the 1941 execution of a group of French communists, including the 17-year-old Guy Môquet, as retaliation for the assassination of a German officer by the French resistance.
Feb 20, 2014 · Set in Nazi-occupied France in 1941, and based on a true story, Calm at Sea follows a young Frenchman who is sentenced to death, along with 26 of his countrymen, in retaliation for the...
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Calm at Sea streaming: where to watch online? Currently you are able to watch "Calm at Sea" streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel or for free with ads on The Roku Channel, Tubi TV. It is also possible to rent "Calm at Sea" on Amazon Video online and to download it on Amazon Video.
- Volker Schlöndorff
- 19
- Ulrich Matthes
- 90 min
Feb 14, 2012 · Calm At Sea | Reviews | Screen. By Jonathan Romney 14 February 2012. Dir/scr: Volker Schlöndorff. France-Germany 2011. 89mins. Veteran director Volker Schlöndorff – a pioneer of New German Cinema...
Môquet, at age 17, is the youngest of all the prisoners to be executed. This event quickly becomes known as one of France’s many World War 2 atrocities, and in the years following his death, Môquet was mourned and remembered by his countrymen.
Eighteen months into France’s occupation by German troops, young Communist members of the Resistance shoot dead an officer of the German Army. In retaliation, Hitler demands the deaths of 150 Frenchmen, as ‘retribution’.
