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6.5/10   255 votes
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Writers:
Lilo Dammert (story) and
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Release Date:
12 November 1943 (USA) more
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A group of French soldiers during WWII are captured by Nazis troops and sent to a military prison. There they will have to make use of his best resources to keep alive... and sane, while at the same time scheming a way out. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Jean-Pierre Aumont ... Paul (as Jean Pierre Aumont)

Gene Kelly ... Victor
Cedric Hardwicke ... Father Sebastian (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Richard Whorf ... François
Joseph Calleia ... Rodriguez

Peter Lorre ... Sergeant Berger

Hume Cronyn ... Duval
William Roy ... Louis (as Billy Roy)
Tonio Selwart ... Major Bruhl
Jack Lambert ... Jacques
Wallace Ford ... Pierre
Donald Curtis ... Marcel
Jack Edwards Jr. ... René

Richard Ryen ... Lieutenant Schmidt
Frederick Giermann ... Corporal Daxer
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Runtime:
90 min
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Oh, YES!, 15 September 2000
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Author: Anne_Sharp from USA

If you thought World War II Hollywood war movies were all sweetness and Casablanca fans, just wait till you see this gut-wrenching little propaganda piece, which must have come out the week the censors were all in Palm Springs. Perhaps the most realistic Hollywood portrayal of life as a prisoner of the Nazis until "Schindler's List," it's also quite intelligent and extraordinarily well-played by an excellent cast. You don't know the meaning of shock until you've seen Gene Kelly spit a huge gob of real sputum onto Peter Lorre's face--and then wait till you see what comes next. It's not Captain Renault and the roulette table, dearie.

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