Line of Demarcation
La ligne de démarcation (original)
Line of Demarcation. is a 1966 film written and directed by Claude Chabrol. Its title in French is La Ligne de démarcation. It is based on upon the memoir Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France libre et La Ligne de démarcation by Gilbert Renault under his pseudonym Colonel Rémy. A small village in the Jura is split by the river Loue which creates the line of demarcation between Nazi occupied France and freedom. A French officer, Pierre (Ronet), is released by the Nazi soldiers to find his chateau converted into a German command centre. Whilst he is obliged to co-operate with the enemy, his wife Mary (Seberg) supports the resistance movement and is willing to risk her life for it. The Nazis step up their activity against the resistance, insisting that any who attempt to cross the line of demarcation will be shot. When his wife is arrested, Pierre decides to switch his allegiance.
Starring Jean Seberg, Maurice Ronet, Daniel Gélin, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Mario David, Jean Yanne, Jacques Perrin, Claude Léveillée, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Louis Maury
It's a drama and war movie, and has a rating of 7.1 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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