La sentence 1959

Synopsis:

WW2 is coming to an end ;on the seaside,resistant fighters are captured and imprisoned in a basement ;within an hour ,all of them will be shot .An hour of fear ,of impossible dreams ,of false hopes .Based on a Bernanos play ,it sometimes recall ,by the subject of sacrifice (a sacrifice of an average human being is not an average one),"Dialogue Des Carmélites ",in which nuns ,during the French Revolution,were guillotined ,because they would have betrayed their faith if they had accepted the new rules).

Directed by: Jean Valère
Written by: Robert Hossein & Marcel Moussy
Runtime: 79 minutes
Cast:
Robert Hossein
Robert Hossein
Georges Lagrange 
Roger Hanin
Roger Hanin
Antoine Castellani 
Marina Vlady
Marina Vlady
Catherine Desroches 
Béatrice Bretty
Béatrice Bretty
Jeanne Boissard 
Lucien Raimbourg
Lucien Raimbourg
François Lombard 
Hans Verner
Hans Verner
SS Commander (uncredited) 
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Also known as:
  • The Verdict