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Calm at Sea
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Wikipedia article
'Calm at Sea' is a 2011 German / French drama film directed by Volker Schlndorff. The film depicts the events leading to the 1941 execution of a group of French communists, including the 17-year-old Guy Mquet, as retaliation for the assassination of a German officer by the French resistance.
Cast
* as Guy Mquet
* Marc Barb as Jean-Pierre Timbaud
* Ulrich Matthes as Ernst Jnger
* as Lucien Touya
* Sbastien Accart as Bernard Lecornu
* as Claude Lalet
* Jacob Matschenz as Soldat Otto
Criticism
The sea in the morning was mostly positively received. Jrg Schning sums it up in Der Spiegel: Schlndorff's film, which is not particularly interested in the more recent questions of humanity, thankfully concentrates on the concrete. The sea in the morning is the stroke of luck of a documentary game: the people, their actions and words are historically documented, the consequences of their actions are highly dramatic - and still trigger considerable emotions today.
Filmgazette editor Wolfgang Nierlins judged: "Schlndorff's film shows the fateful course of events, relentlessly aggravated by human arbitrariness and blind coincidence as a tragic event." He understands The Sea in the Morning as a differentiated plea for humanity and awards 8 out of 10 possible stars.
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