In the Heart of the Thunderstorm (1948)
Au cœur de l'orage
This documentary about WW II, composed of clandestine Allied film takes and German Wochenschaubilder, focuses on the French Resistance, especially the heroic but disastrous battle of the Vercors plateau in July 1944, where German troops mercilessly slaughtered the Maquis and the inhabitants.
- Date of release
- 1948-04-30
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Casting
- Jean Chevrier — Narrator (voice)
- Jean Daurand — Narrator (voice)
- Christiane Sertilange — Narrator (voice)
- Hubner — Narrator (voice)
- Kroneger — Narrator (voice)
- Schiray — Narrator (voice)
- Franck Bauer — Self (archive footage)
- Abel Bonnard — Self (archive footage)
- Genevieve Brissaut — Self (archive footage)
- Jacques Doriot — Self (archive footage)
- Jacques Duchesne — Self (archive footage)
- Marcel Déat — Self (archive footage)
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