In the Heart of the Thunderstorm ambient background
CinebyCineby
In the Heart of the Thunderstorm backdrop

In the Heart of the Thunderstorm

In the Heart of the Thunderstorm

★ 10.0/10•1948•1h 20m•Documentary

This documentary about WW II, composed of clandestine Allied film takes and German Wochenschaubilder, focuses on the French Resistance, especially the heroic but disastrous battle of the Vercors plateau in July 1944, where German troops mercilessly slaughtered the Maquis and the inhabitants.

Jean-Paul Le Chanois · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 20m
LanguageFR
Release DateApr 30, 1948

Actors

Jean Chevrier

Jean Chevrier

Narrator (voice)

Jean Daurand

Jean Daurand

Narrator (voice)

Christiane Sertilange

Narrator (voice)

Hubner

Narrator (voice)

Kroneger

Narrator (voice)

Schiray

Narrator (voice)

Franck Bauer

Self (archive footage)

Abel Bonnard

Self (archive footage)

Genevieve Brissaut

Self (archive footage)

Jacques Doriot

Self (archive footage)

Jacques Duchesne

Self (archive footage)

Marcel Déat

Self (archive footage)

Philippe Henriot

Self (archive footage)

Henri Rol Tanguy

Self (archive footage)

Recommendations

Night Will Fall
The Battle of San Pietro
Come See Me in the Good Light
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Above Majestic
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
The Class of ‘92
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Shoah
Being James Bond
S4: The Bob Lazar Story
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Fuck
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2000 Meters to Andriivka
My Mom Jayne
Daguerréotypes
Making The Witcher

Similars

Best Served Cold: How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades
Wie konnte es geschehen? - Teil 1: "Deutschland erwache..." (1914 - 1938)
Pétain et les francs-maçons
Children of the Blitz
Olympia 1936. Der verratene Traum
All Against All
Ukraine's Soul - A Tribute to Heroes
June 1940, the Great Chaos
Elie Wiesel Goes Home
Shameless Propaganda
The Paper Brigade
The Last Days
Human Lampshade: A Holocaust Mystery
Heil Hitler! Confessions of a Hitler Youth
Klitschko: More Than a Fight
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
Us, Our Pets and the War
The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
Code Name Lucy: Spies Against Nazis
D-Day: Normandy 1944