During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives the newspaper "La Libre Belgique" to expose and counter Nazi propaganda efforts to deceive the people. They are so effective that the Nazis offer a reward for the capture of the paper's staff, although they don't know their identities. One of them is a well-known entertainer, and when his jealous partner hears of the reward, he turns him in. The paper's publishers escape capture, but their staff doesn't. The paper's founders must find not only a way to keep from getting captured by the Nazis but keep their newspaper going and get their staff released.
Direction
Asquith's tense underground press sequences
Writing
Jealousy-betrayal twist devastates perfectly
Director
Anthony Asquith
Eric Portman
Andre Delage
Phyllis Calvert
Julie Lanvin
Griffith Jones
Father De Gruyte
Peter Glenville
Charles Neels
Frederick Culley
Victor Lanvin
Raymond Lovell
Von Koerner
Irene Handl
Frau Von Koerner
Carl Jaffe
Kohlmeier
Felix Aylmer
Colonel Von Hohenstein
Eliot Makeham
Abbé De Moor
J.H. Roberts
Father Corot
Walter Hudd
Van Heemskerk
Aubrey Mallalieu
Louis Baeker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real La Libre Belgique published 171 issues under German noses, becoming legendary resistance symbol.
Asquith filmed this while London still faced Blitzkrieg threats—British audiences watching their possible future.
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