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The Verdict (1959)

Directed by Jean Valère

Overview

WW2 is coming to an end ;on the seaside,resistant fighters are captured and imprisoned in a basement ;within an hour ,all of them will be shot .An hour of fear ,of impossible dreams ,of false hopes .Based on a Bernanos play ,it sometimes recall ,by the subject of sacrifice (a sacrifice of an average human being is not an average one),“Dialogue Des Carmélites “,in which nuns ,during the French Revolution,were guillotined ,because they would have betrayed their faith if they had accepted the new rules).

Length 79 minutes

Actors

Robert Hossein | Roger Hanin | Marina Vlady | Béatrice Bretty | Lucien Raimbourg | Hans Verner