A potentially good story line ruined by the direction. The director must have watched far to many new wave films. Cutting out the endless shots of the cast staring at each other and numerous silences as the cast have deep thoughts would have reduced the film from 90 minutes to circa 35 minutes .....you get the idea. Directors end to engage the audience not drive them to boredom. In addition where did they get the German soldiers from - those German accents have not seen Germany. Difficult top know which was the worst scene in the film ( there were many). My money is on the one when the young resistance fighter shoots the horse ...cut to crying in his fathers arms.