Calm at Sea

Calm at Sea

90 mins | Drama, War, History | March 21, 2012

October 1941. Eighteen months into France’s occupation by German troops, young Communist members of the Resistance shoot dead an officer of the German Army. In retaliation, Hitler demands the deaths of 150 Frenchmen, as 'retribution'. The targets are to be mostly young men believed to share the assassins’ political convictions. Most of these men are taken from an internment camp for opponents of the occupation; a 35-year-old French rural administrator is ordered to select the victims. Although the parish priest appeals to their conscience and moral sensibilities, both the German military and their French helpers slavishly follow their orders.

Calm at Sea

90 mins | Drama, War, History | March 21, 2012

Calm at Sea
October 1941. Eighteen months into France’s occupation by German troops, young Communist members of the Resistance shoot dead an officer of the German Army. In retaliation, Hitler demands the deaths of 150 Frenchmen, as 'retribution'. The targets are to be mostly young men believed to share the assassins’ political convictions. Most of these men are taken from an internment camp for opponents of the occupation; a 35-year-old French rural administrator is ordered to select the victims. Although the parish priest appeals to their conscience and moral sensibilities, both the German military and their French helpers slavishly follow their orders.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Provobis Film, 7e Apache Film, Les Canards Sauvages
Original title La mer à l'aube
Directors Valentin Rodriguez, Volker Schlöndorff
Writers Volker Schlöndorff

Cast

Ulrich Matthes

as Ernst Jünger

Jean-Marc Roulot

as Lucien Touya

Marc Barbé

as Jean Pierre Thimbaud

Jacob Matschenz

as Soldat Otto

Harald Schrott

as Oberst Speidel

Christopher Buchholz

as Kristucat

Arielle Dombasle

as Charmille

Philippe Résimont

as Désiré Granet

Charlie Nelson

as Victor Renelle

Martin Loizillon

as Claude Lalet

Gilles Arbona

as Dr. Maurice Ténine

Arnaud Simon

as Marc Bourhis

Luc Florian

as Georges Chassagne

André Jung

as Général Otto von Stülpnagel

Mario Irrek

as Soldat Franz

Wigand Witting

as Lieutenant Hotz

Finnegan Oldfield

as Gilbert Brustlein

Tristan Robin

as Marcel Bourdarias

Christian Diaz

as Jean Poulmarc'h

Victoire du Bois

as Odette Nilès

Léo-Paul Salmain

as Guy Môquet