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 |
Cast
edit- Léo-Paul Salmain as Guy Môquet
- Marc Barbé as Jean-Pierre Timbaud
- Ulrich Matthes as Ernst Jünger
- Jean-Marc Roulot as Lucien Touya
- Sébastien Accart as Bernard Lecornu
- Martin Loizillon as Claude Lalet
- Jacob Matschenz as Soldat Otto
Reception
editThe film 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 Calm at Sea as “a differentiated plea for humanity” and awards 8 out of 10 possible stars.[4]
References
edit- ^ Young, Neil (22 February 2012). "Calm at Sea: Berlin Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ Lodge, Guy (15 February 2012). "Calm at Sea". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ Gundel, Jörg (2016), "Regulierung und Internationalisierung – insbesondere im Energiesektor", Regulierung und Gemeinwohl, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, pp. 312–333, doi:10.5771/9783845275871-312, ISBN 978-3-8452-7587-1, retrieved 2022-02-07
- ^ Thies, Wolfgang (April 2008). "Reaktionen auf das Hören einer Klangschale". Musik-, Tanz- und Kunsttherapie. 19 (2): 83–92. doi:10.1026/0933-6885.19.2.83. ISSN 0933-6885.
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