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1918-1939, les rêves brisés de l'entre-deux-guerres

Not recommended for under 10 years.
Between the hope of a new world and tragedy, an immersion in the interwar period. Based on personal correspondence, private diaries and biographies, the interwoven portraits of thirteen people, famous or anonymous, whose destinies could not have been more different.

Directed by: Jan Peter, Frédéric Goupil (Germany/France/Luxembourg, 2018)

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7
Trahisons
Trahisons
Betrayals

In the middle of the 1930s, Germany returns to full employment, the Popular Front comes to power in France; Franco declares war on Spain's republicans. Unity Mitford accompanies Hitler to the Berlin Olympics. In Moscow, medical student Stepan Podlubny is forced by the NKVD to spy on friends and family.

Directed by: Jan Peter, Frédéric Goupil (Germany/France/Luxembourg, 2018)
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8
Guerre
War

March 1938. After annexing Austria, Kristallnacht pushes the Jews towards exile. Edith Wellspacher is shocked by the Anschluss. Returning to England, Unity Mitford tries to promote an alliance between England and Germany. Marcel Jamet gleans information for the French secret service.

Directed by: Jan Peter, Frédéric Goupil (Germany/France/Luxembourg, 2018)
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