642 people. One village. 19 minutes of silence that screams louder than war epics.
Evocation of the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre on 10 June 1944, when 642 of its inhabitants were slaughtered by a Nazi Waffen SS company, based on a visit to Diors' Museum of the Three Wars" and archive photographs.
Direction
Cohen lets ruins speak; narration barely intrudes.
Editing
Juxtaposing frozen smiles with empty streets destroys you.
Sound
Jean Négroni's voice = the weight of history itself.
Director
Maurice Cohen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Oradour-sur-Glane remains a preserved 'martyr village'—untouched since 1944, exactly as Cohen filmed it.
Maurice Cohen was a Polish Jew who survived WWII in hiding; he never explained why he chose this particular massacre.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
FR
