Synopsis
July 1917. Alsace is still in German hands. In their trench in the mountains, Camille and Andre are the only two who've escaped. They wait for reinforcements. Roger, then Lasso joins them. They, too, lost their way after an ambush. They'll all try to join the French lines and, after several fights, encounter a disabled soldier behaving strangely, a prisoner of a weird situation.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (7)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Association Apparences
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producer : Jacques-Émile Bertschy
- Screenwriter : Philippe Meyer
- Director of Photography : Christophe Richert
- Music Composer : Moussa Coulibaly
- Editor : Yannick Bouverot
- Sound Recordist : Erwan Autesserre
- Costume designer : Carole Birling
- Co-producer : Philippe Meyer
- Production Manager : Jacques-Émile Bertschy
- Sound Editor : Philippe Schillinger
- Continuity supervisor : Estelle Rousselot
- Production Designer : Jean-François Sturm
- Special Effects : Éric Fréchou
- Music Performer : Moussa Coulibaly
- Sound Mixer : Grégory Poncelet
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Themes : War, History
- Production language : French, German, Alsacien
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 30 min 46 seconds
- Visa number : 119.041
- Visa issue date : 18/05/2008
- Production formats : Super 16
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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