In the Heart of the Thunderstorm
★★★★★
French / 80 MIN. / 1948
The Genres
The Synopsis
This documentary about WW II, composed of clandestine Allied film takes and German Wochenschaubilder, focuses on the French Resistance, especially the heroic but disastrous battle of the Vercors plateau in July 1944, where German troops mercilessly slaughtered the Maquis and the inhabitants.