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When a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux in 1940, it is not long before the local men form a resistance group and launch an attack on their new occupiers. During the attack two members of the resistance are captured, tortured and subsequently publically executed. One of the dead is a young boy whose sister swears revenge on the German officer she believes is responsible for his death and offers to help the French Resistance obtain information by any means necessary.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: When a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux in 1940, it is not long before the local men form a resistance group and launch an attack on their new occupiers. During the attack two members of the resistance are captured, tortured and subsequently publically executed. One of the dead is a young boy whose sister swears revenge on the German officer she believes is responsible for his death and offers to help the French Resistance obtain information by any means necessary. ...The Silent Invasion
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is one of a batch of 3 films released by Pegasus Entertainment and they are Danziger Brothers B pictures.
This film stars Eric Flynn, Petra Davies & Francis de Wolfe and is directed by Max Varnel. Dating from 1962 this has very much a studio/theatre feel and the principals plus Martin Benson are all excellent. Clearly the budgets were modest but the storyline by Brian Clemens is well constructed and he learnt much of his craft with the Danzigers. The picture quality is clear and fairly sharp but the sound at times is a little low (to my ears!). Overall an interesting film and worth watching. Look out for more titles in October 2009.
This film stars Eric Flynn, Petra Davies & Francis de Wolfe and is directed by Max Varnel. Dating from 1962 this has very much a studio/theatre feel and the principals plus Martin Benson are all excellent. Clearly the budgets were modest but the storyline by Brian Clemens is well constructed and he learnt much of his craft with the Danzigers. The picture quality is clear and fairly sharp but the sound at times is a little low (to my ears!). Overall an interesting film and worth watching. Look out for more titles in October 2009.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Afficianados of 'Ello 'Ello may find some of the accents in this curious little film familiar. There is, in fact, little attempt to recreate the period or the place faithfully, and the whole effect is of cheapness and cliché. The women's hairdos and dresses are very much 1962, not 1940. The set is as generic as the one Universal used for almost every film set in "Europe" for decades. Production values are generally low and the film quality poor. Then there are the clichés: amongst the enemy, we meet the good, troubled German, the wicked, sadistic German, and the workaday, decent sergeant who really ought to have been played by Michael Ripper; amongst the French, the appeaser, the passionate hothead, and the coolheaded organizer are all represented; clichéd too is the plot itself, with a local maiden, whose young brother is shot by the Germans, persuaded to exploit her hold over the good German in order to get information from him about troop movements--a task she finds remarkably easy, even as she begins to fall for him herself. The Resistance seems to find destroying German troop-trains and local infrastructure fantastically easy and we see no more reprisals. The only slight surprise is that the film does avoid Hollywood's usual demand for a neat resolution and a happy ending.
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This film is well acted and gives probably a more accurate picture of Nazi occupation than most; the boot clicking and Yah vauls are played down, even the guard on the resistance captives sentenced to die shows humanity to the youngest. If you're looking for evil nasty Germans and perfect angel local villagers forget it.
Even the German commanding officer falls in love with the resistance leader's attractive daughter. In a shoot-out both German NCO's and senior resistance men die and the girl's father orders her to kill her lover, the German OC, however is this to be?
Look out for a splendid performance from Melvyn Hayes as a resistance fighter.
Even the German commanding officer falls in love with the resistance leader's attractive daughter. In a shoot-out both German NCO's and senior resistance men die and the girl's father orders her to kill her lover, the German OC, however is this to be?
Look out for a splendid performance from Melvyn Hayes as a resistance fighter.
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