Le Bois des amants
1960 War / Drama   
Director: Claude Autant-Lara
Starring: Laurent Terzieff, Erika Remberg, Françoise Rosay, Horst Frank, Gert Fröbe


 
Summary
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)

Credits
  • Director: Claude Autant-Lara
  • Script: François de Curel (novel), René Hardy, Albert Husson, Jacques Rémy
  • Photo: Jacques Natteau
  • Music: René Cloërec
  • Cast: Laurent Terzieff (Charles Parisot), Erika Remberg (Hertha von Stauffen), Françoise Rosay (Mme Parisot), Horst Frank (Le colonel von Stauffen), Gert Fröbe (Le général), Hans Verner (L’interprète), Louis Saintève (Le curé), Lutz Gabor (Le lieutenant), Monique Bertho (L’organiste)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 95 min; B&W
  • Aka: Between Love and Duty; Lovers Woods
 

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