Boule de suif (1945)
Director:
Christian-JaqueWriters:
Christian-Jaque (adaptation), Henri Jeanson(adaptation)Stars:
Micheline Presle, Berthe Bovy, Louise Conte
This French morality play is fraught with cynical undertones as it tells the tale of a group of French people from every social strata trying to flee the Nazis who have just invaded Paris. En route they meet a cruel German officer who threatens to kill the others if the heroine Presle refuses to sleep with him. The others, fearing for their own lives, force her to submit. Soon afterward another enemy officer makes the same threat. The woman, disgusted by the selfishness of her companions, decides that she has had enough and kills the would-be rapist, causing her companions all sorts of problems.
Here is the link to the movie at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039215/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
