Le Bois des amants (1960)

Le Bois des amants is a French war film first released in 1960, directed by Claude Autant-Lara.  The film is based on a novel by François de Curel and stars Laurent Terzieff, Erika Remberg, Françoise Rosay, Horst Frank and Gert Fröbe.  It has also been released under the title: Between Love and Duty.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


Brittany, Christmas 1943.  Herta von Stauffen, a German soldier, makes an attempt to join her husband, Colonel von Stauffen, whom she has not seen since their wedding day.  But Von Stauffen has orders to celebrate Christmas with his troops and so Herta is sent to the house of the widow Parisot, an old woman who regards Herta as an enemy because she is a German.  That evening, a Frenchman lands by parachute in the nearby woods.  His mission is to prepare for an attack by British soldiers.  This man is Charles, the son of Madame Parisot, whose home offers a natural hiding place.  Neglected by her husband, Herta begins to fall in love with Charles.  Events take an explosive turn when Colonel Von Stauffen gives the order for the mysterious parachutist to be found...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

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