1942 2nd World War drama
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Anthony Asquith
Wolfgang Wilhelm, Terence Rattigan, Rodney Ackland
Eric Portman, an
entertainer, and Phyllis Calvert revive a
patriotic underground newspaper, La
Libre Belgique, only to be betrayed.
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The problem with this wartime movie is
that it's too polite. There's no sense
of menace or danger in the Belgian
setting, where the Nazis are in
occupation. That's partly the fault of
the screenplay and of director Anthony Asquith, who hadn't the temperament
for such a story.
