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La Ligne de démarcation, une France coupée en deux (1940-1943)

La Ligne de démarcation, une France coupée en deux (1940-1943)

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 7, 2021

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Documentary, History, War, TV Movie

User Score

80%

Original Title

La Ligne de démarcation, une France coupée en deux (1940-1943)

Production Companies

Roche Productions, France Télévisions, Histoire TV

Director

Vincent de Cointet

Description

Between June 1940 and March 1943, the 1,200 kilometer long demarcation line broke France in two. For almost three years she controlled the daily newspaper of 40 million French people. In the north the zone occupied by Hitler's soldiers, in the south the zone administered by Marshal Pétain's Vichy regime. This film lifts the veil in this theater on the shameful mistakes of the collaboration, but also on the most courageous and noble deeds. Archive images and film recordings at places where the border used to be crossed are alternated with interviews with the last witnesses of this time.