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Le bois des amants

Le bois des amants

1960Movie⏱️ 1h 35m
DramaWar
5.7
IMDB Rating
52 votes

An impossible love between a French resistant fighter and a German officer's wife during WW2.

Director
Claude Autant-Lara
Writers
François de Curel, René Hardy, Albert Husson
Stars
Laurent Terzieff, Erika Remberg, Horst Frank
Release Date
August 3, 1960
Language
French
Country
France, Italy
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Laurent Terzieff
Laurent Terzieff
as Charles Parisot
Erika Remberg
Erika Remberg
as Hertha von Stauffen
Horst Frank
Horst Frank
as Le colonel von Stauffen
Gert Fröbe
Gert Fröbe
as Le général
Claude Farell
Claude Farell
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Lutz Gabor
as Le lieutenant Müller
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Richard Larke
as Le lieutenant-instructeur de la R.A.F.
👤
Christian Melsen
Claude Vernier
Claude Vernier
as Un soldat allemand
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Monique Bertho
as Jeannette

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Ancienne gare de Douarnenez-Tréboul, Douarnenez, Finistère, France
Production
Da.Ma. Cinematografica, Hoche Productions

🏷️ Keywords

lovewifechristmasbased on novel

🎯 Categories

FrenchDramaWar

⭐ Featured Review

Another impossible love.
by dbdumonteil2005-08-20
4/10

"It was not the first time Claude Autant-Lara had broached the impossible love subject.His "le diable au corps " from Raymond Radiguet remains one of the great classics of the French cinema.It's not good news this time. WW2,in occupied Brittany:a military German woman comes to visit her husband ,a Kommandatur officer .She is billeted on a local inhabitant ,a widow (Françoise Rosay) ,whose son is part of the resistance fighters .What will happen next?Shall I have to spell it out? The best sequence is the depiction of the réveillon (Christmas's eve dinner) at the German milit..."

💡 Did You Know?

Original literary source: "Terre inhumaine", play in three acts by François de Curel (Edition définitive), Albin Michel, Paris, 1922, 112 p.

📖 Synopsis

An impossible love between a French resistant fighter and a German officer's wife during WW2.