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Green Harvest

1959 · 95 min

A sober, earnest wartime drama that follows young amateurs into danger, building quiet dread toward a grim, moving reckoning.

Overview
In 1943, a group of high school students decide to take action against the Nazi occupying forces. Showing courage and imagination, they manage to blow up the Kommandantur and to release hostages. But after the killing of a German soldier the Nazi police apparatus strikes back. The young resisters are arrested and two of them are condemned to death.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • rebellion
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
  • justice
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, war
Directed by
François Villiers
Starring
Pierre Dux, Dany Saval, Jacques Perrin, Francis Lemonnier, Claude Brasseur, Philippe Adrien, Jacques Higelin, Jacques Gencel
Music
Jacques Bondon
Cinematography
Paul Soulignac
Runtime
95 min
Country
France
Languages
French, German

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