Up from the Beach

Drama / válečný, USA/Velká Británie/Francie, 1965, 99 min.



On the day after D-Day, Sgt. Edward Baxter and a U. S. Army squadron overtake a group of German soldiers who are holding hostage French civilians in a Normandy farmhouse at Verville. The American soldiers kill all but the German town commandant and free the French villagers--among them, Lili, a resistance worker in love with the commandant, who has treated the townspeople with kindness and consideration during the occupation. Upon receiving orders from a U. S. artillery colonel, Sergeant Baxter rounds up the villagers and marches them to the beach for evacuation to England. When they reach the beach, the U. S. Navy and the British beachmaster refuse to accept responsibility for the group, and the tired townspeople return to their homes. They attempt the trip from the village to the beach twice again, but no evacuation occurs. German troops fire on Verville, and the German commandant suggests that the villagers take refuge in the vault of an old church. While inspecting the vault, the commandant steps into a booby trap and dies. The bombardment ends, and the liberated townspeople sing the
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