A Nazi TV station's final broadcast becomes a ticking-clock thriller of propaganda vs. humanity.
With the armies of the Liberation at the gates of Paris, station manager Kurt Heyzmann receives an order from his superiors to withdraw. As a farewell, he decides to prepare one last prestigious program, to be filmed and broadcast live. Kleischter, a Gestapo lieutenant, emerges to try and spoil the show, by antagonizing Heyzmann and his employees. He believes that the war is not over, and continues to hunt down potential Jews and STO deserters on the TV premises.
Acting
Carrière's Heyzmann: elegant monster wrestling with last shreds of conscience.
Direction
Heynemann traps you in the station — no escape, no cutaways.
Writing
The live broadcast gimmick tightens screws with real-time dread.
Director
Laurent Heynemann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The fictional 'Cognacq-Jay' station nods to the real Parisian landmark, subverting French TV heritage into Nazi machinery.
Heynemann filmed during the 50th Liberation anniversary, when France was still wrestling with Vichy collaboration narratives many preferred buried.
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