This film is based on actual letters German soldiers sent home from the siege of Leningrad during World War II. The litany of trouble these poor grunts endured is lamentable. One complains of returning home an invalid. An SS man has bad dreams about the Russian tank-driver he killed. Another complains when he sits down to hear a piano recital and one of the musicians has frozen fingers. Another soldier swears he will never forgive his father for injuries he suffered in the invasion of Leningrad. Stock footage of wars from World War II to Vietnam are inserted and give an ironic tinge to the feature.
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Cast
- Alberto CavalcantiAstronomer
- James CellierPrivate
- Paul CrauchetPianist
- Gilles KatzSS captain
- Pierre TabardKurt Hankka
- Patricia Saint-GeorgesKarl's wife
- Frédérique MeiningerNurse
- Gilles SégalPaul
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- Gilles KatzDirector
- Gilles KatzWriter
- Gérard BrissaudDirector of Photography
- Chantal DelattreEditor
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