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Overview
Le Franciscain de Bourges is a French war film first released in 1968,
directed by Claude Autant-Lara.
The film stars Annick Allières, Christian Barbier, Gérard Berner, Nicole Chollet and Jean Desailly.
It has also been released under the title: Franciscan of Bourges.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
Previously a Franciscan monk, Alfred Stanke is now a corporal in the
German army. He works as a nurse in a prison at Bourges, where
several members of the French resistance are being detained. The
latter include Yves Toledano, who was caught red-handed spying on a
German airbase. Tortured by his captors, who include the
sadistic Basedow, Yves betrays his brother Marc, who is tortured in his
turn. The brothers’ wounds are carefully tended to by Alfred, who
does what he can to give them the strength to go on
living. Alfred is equally preoccupied with two other
young prisoners - Serge and Jean-Pierre, who are respectively 16 and 17
years old. He tries to console them by talking about God and the
life that is to come, without trying to convince them.
Alfred’s faith is put to the test when his two young
protégés are taken away to be executed and he fails to
save the life of another wounded prisoner. Disgusted by what he
sees of the war, Alfred becomes inclined to lend his support to the
resistance, at the risk of his own life...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium) Film Review
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