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An Intimate History of Occupation

June 14, 1940. The German Army marches into Paris. France is an occupied country. Through exclusive amateur footage, personal stories, and popular songs from the time, this fi lm recounts life with the enemy during the occupation, as seen by the French... and the Germans! Despite the Nazis and the troubled war times, day-to-day life in occupied France went on. People learnt to live with the rationing, the cues, the curfew... Many try to forget the hard times, mainly thanks to the movies in which big stars provide a little dream and lead a privileged life. These stars don't actually collaborate, butadapt and give the impression of normal life during the war. After all, is it necessarily shameful to shake the hand of an enemy?

2011 |1h 20m |  Documentary, History, TV Movie

Cast

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Anouchka Delon

Narrator (Voice)

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Alain Delon

Narrator (Voice)

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Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Édith Piaf

Self (archive footage)

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Status

Released

Language

French

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