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This Land Is Mine (1943)
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A mild-mannered schoolteacher in a Germen occupied town during WWII finds himself being torn between collaboration and resistance. Director:Jean Renoir |
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Albert Lory
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| Maureen O'Hara | ... |
Louise Martin
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George Lambert
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Walter Slezak | ... |
Major Erich von Keller
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Kent Smith | ... |
Paul Martin
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Una O'Connor | ... |
Mrs. Emma Lory
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Philip Merivale | ... |
Professor Sorel
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Thurston Hall | ... |
Mayor Henry Manville
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George Coulouris | ... |
Prosecutor
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Nancy Gates | ... |
Julie Grant
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Ivan F. Simpson | ... |
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John Donat | ... |
Edmund Lorraine
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In a Nazi-occupied French town, meek and mild-mannered teacher Albert Lory lives with his mother. Few people, including his students, have any respect for him and he literally shakes in his boots during an air raid. He is quite friendly with his fellow teacher, Louise Martin and her brother Paul who also happen to be neighbors. If truth be told, Albert is quite in love with Louise but she is in a relationship with George Lambert and he feels she is quite beyond his reach. Paul is a member of the resistance and is killed when Lambert informs the Nazis. Outraged at what he's done, Albert arrives at Lambert's office just as the informer commits suicide. Albert is charged with murder but the local Nazi commander, Major Erich von Keller, offers him a deal: if Albert agrees to remain silent rather then continue a speech in his own defense which is arousing fellow citizens, he will ensure a not guilty verdict... Written by garykmcd
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(1838) (uncredited)
Music by Friedrich Silcher (1838)
Poem by Heinrich Heine (1823)
Played on accordion by Kent Smith and sung by the German soldiers See more »
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The singing of "Die Lorelei" by the German soldiers was a subtle dig at the anti-semitic regime of the Nazis, since the words were written by banned Jewish poet Heinrich Heine. Many of his books, considered "un-German," were burned in the book-burning episode at Opernplatz, Berlin, Germany, on 10 May 1933. However, his works were so popular that they were still published, but "author unknown" was the listed writer. In his 1821 play "Almansor," Heine also prophetically wrote "Dort, wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen." ("Where they burned books, they will in the end in burn people.") See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: The German tanks seen at the beginning are actually French Renault light tanks from World War I. See more »Quotes
Professor Sorel: It's very difficult surgical operation. Cut the heart out without killing the patient. The history of our country, however, is a very tough old patient, and we'll do the best we can.See more »
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"Die Lorelei"(1838) (uncredited)
Music by Friedrich Silcher (1838)
Poem by Heinrich Heine (1823)
Played on accordion by Kent Smith and sung by the German soldiers See more »
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