In a small town in WWII France, a German officer is billeted in the house of an elderly man and his niece who resist the occupation by refusing to interact with him, even as he speaks to them candidly about his life and hopes for the future of France and Germany.
Direction
Melville's debut is impossibly assured — pure cinematic control.
Acting
Vernon's monologues to stone faces are devastating.
Cinematography
Shadows that speak louder than any dialogue.
Director
Jean-Pierre Melville
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