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At a French Fireside

8.8 99 mins Drama   1962
DEFA-Studio fĂĽr Spielfilme  
Director(s): Kurt Maetzig

Release Date: 17 Mon, Sep 1962

Bundeswehr soldier Klaus’ regiment is stationed in France, to take part in NATO maneuvers. The soldiers are ordered to be kind to the populace, since the West German High Command wishes the French to forget the atrocities that were committed during the Second World War. Klaus falls in love with Jeanne, the daughter of the local mayor. He discovers that his commanders intend to demolish the ruins of a local church, in which civilians were murdered by the German occupation forces at 1944. A local journalist who researches the event discovers that West German General Rucker ordered the massacre, but he is mysteriously murdered. Klaus defies his commanding officer Siebert, who instructs him to steal the documents indicting Rucker, and hands the evidence over to Jeanne.

Casts of At a French Fireside

Arno Wyzniewski

as Klaus Wetzlaff

Hannjo Hasse

as Major Siebert

Harry Hindemith

as Bourguignon

GĂĽnther Simon

as General Rucker

Evelyn Cron

as Georgette

Marianne WĂĽnscher

as Mariette

Gerry Wolff

as Gerard

Gerd Biewer

as Moulinier

Horst Jonischkan

as MĂĽller

Jörg Kaehler

as Gaston

Willi Neuenhahn

as Heinemann

Werner Röwekamp

as Geheimdinstler

Albert Zahn

as Leperret

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