Smugglers vs. occupiers in 1915 Belgium — who knew border crossings could be this tense?
1915, in invaded Belgium, the Germans seek in vain to dismantle the organization of the smugglers of men who help volunteers to cross the Dutch border.
Direction
Jayet's tight control of clandestine tension
Acting
Rémy's weary determination anchors every scene
Director
René Jayet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released as Europe braced for another war, the film's defiant tone carried urgent contemporary weight. French audiences saw their own possible future in Belgian resistance.
Nearly lost to time, this survives as a rare pre-war French resistance narrative actually made before the occupation it depicts.
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