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Overview
This film is based on actual letters German soldiers sent home from the siege of Leningrad during World War II. The litany of trouble these poor grunts endured is lamentable. One complains of returning home an invalid. An SS man has bad dreams about the Russian tank-driver he killed. Another complains when he sits down to hear a piano recital and one of the musicians has frozen fingers. Another soldier swears he will never forgive his father for injuries he suffered in the invasion of Leningrad. Stock footage of wars from World War II to Vietnam are inserted and give an ironic tinge to the feature.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 23, 1972
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- ORTF,Albina Productions
- Cast
- Gilles Ségal,Paul Crauchet,Frédérique Meininger,Alberto Cavalcanti,Gilles Katz,Pierre Tabard,James Cellier,Patricia Saint-Georges
- Director
- Gilles Katz
- Writer
- Gilles Katz
- Cinematography
- Gérard Brissaud
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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