Calm at Sea

Volker Schlöndorff
2012-03-21


6.3
90 min

October 1941. Eighteen months into France’s occupation by German troops, young Communist members of the Resistance shoot dead an officer of the German Army. In retaliation, Hitler demands the deaths of 150 Frenchmen, as 'retribution'. The targets are to be mostly young men believed to share the assassins’ political convictions. Most of these men are taken from an internment camp for opponents of the occupation; a 35-year-old French rural administrator is ordered to select the victims. Although the parish priest appeals to their conscience and moral sensibilities, both the German military and their French helpers slavishly follow their orders.

Cast

Name Character Team
Ulrich Matthes Ernst Jünger Unowned
Jean-Marc Roulot Lucien Touya Unowned
Marc Barbé Jean Pierre Thimbaud Unowned
Jacob Matschenz Soldier Otto Unowned
Harald Schrott Oberst Speidel Unowned
Christopher Buchholz Kristucat Unowned
Arielle Dombasle Charmille Unowned
Philippe Résimont Désiré Granet Unowned
Charlie Nelson Victor Renelle Unowned
Martin Loizillon Claude Lalet Unowned
Sébastien Accart Sub-prefect Bernard Lecornu Unowned
Gilles Arbona Dr. Maurice Ténine Unowned
Arnaud Simon Marc Bourhis Unowned
Jean-Pierre Darroussin Abbot Moyon Unowned
Luc Florian Georges Chassagne Unowned
André Jung General Otto von Stülpnagel Unowned
Konstantin Frolov Lieutenant of the camp Unowned
Mario Irrek Soldier Franz Unowned
Walter Shnorkell Captain of the Choisel camp Unowned
Thomas Arnold Ambassador Otto Abetz Unowned
Wigand Witting Lieutenant Hotz Unowned
Finnegan Oldfield Gilbert Brustlein Unowned
Tristan Robin Marcel Bourdarias Unowned
Christian Diaz Jean Poulmarc'h Unowned
Thierry Levaret Jules Auffret Unowned
Nicolas Haudelaine Julien La Panse Unowned
Victoire du Bois Odette Nilès Unowned
Léo-Paul Salmain Guy Môquet Unowned