Les Maudits (1947)
Directed by René Clément

War / Drama
aka: The Damned

Film Synopsis

In 1945, with Germany facing defeat by the Allies, a party of Nazis plan to escape to South America aboard a submarine.  To assist them, the Nazis kidnap a French doctor named Guilbert before they depart from Oslo.  The individuals that Guilbert is expected to tend to during the long and hazardous trans-Atlantic crossing include: a sadistic Gestapo chief, Forster, and his second-in-command, Morus; a high-ranking German officer, Von Hauser; a prominent Italian businessman and his wife Hilda; and several others who are fleeing in fear of an Allied victory, including a French pro-German journalist, Couturier.  It isn't long before the anxiously awaited surrender by the Nazis is announced to the world.  This immediately causes a bloody mutiny to break out on board the submarine.  Forster deliberately sinks the craft, and Guilbert is left alone on the stricken vessel as the surviving crew and passengers take flight...
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Film Credits

  • Director: René Clément
  • Script: Victor Alexandrov (story), René Clément, Jacques Companéez (story), Henri Jeanson (dialogue), Jacques Rémy
  • Cinematographer: Henri Alekan
  • Music: Yves Baudrier
  • Cast: Marcel Dalio (Larga), Henri Vidal (Docteur Guilbert), Florence Marly (Hilde Garosi), Fosco Giachetti (Garosi), Paul Bernard (Couturier), Jo Dest (Forster), Michel Auclair (Willy Morus), Anne Campion (Ingrid Ericksen), Jean Didier (Le commandant du sous-marin), Lucien Hector (Ericksen), Jeanne Herviale (La bonne du docteur), Kurt Kronefeld (General Von Hauser), Andreas von Halberstadt, Jean Lozach, Karl Münch, Georges Niemann, E. Fuchs, Max Herman, Claude Vernier, Pierre Fuchs
  • Country: France
  • Language: French / English / German / Italian
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 105 min
  • Aka: The Damned

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