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Calm at Sea (French: La mer à l'aube) is a 2011 German / French drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff.[1][2] The film depicts the events leading to the 1941 execution of a group of French communists, including the 17-year-old Guy Môquet, as retaliation for the assassination of a German officer by the French resistance.
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French | La mer à l'aube |
Directed by | Volker Schlöndorff |
Starring | Léo Paul Salmain Marc Barbé Ulrich Matthes |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Countries | France Germany |
Languages | French German |
The sea in the morning was mostly positively received. Jörg Schöning sums it up in Der Spiegel: “Schlöndorff's film, which is not particularly interested in the more recent questions of humanity, thankfully concentrates on the concrete. The sea in the morning is the stroke of luck of a documentary game: the people, their actions and words are historically documented, the consequences of their actions are highly dramatic - and still trigger considerable emotions today.”[3]
Filmgazette editor Wolfgang Nierlins judged: "Schlöndorff's film shows the fateful course of events, relentlessly aggravated by human arbitrariness and blind coincidence as a tragic event." He understands The Sea in the Morning as “a differentiated plea for humanity” and awards 8 out of 10 possible stars.[4]
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