The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
In a small town in WWII France, a German officer is billeted in the house of an elderly man and his niece who resist the occupation by refusing to interact with him, even as he speaks to them candidly about his life and hopes for the future of France and Germany.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
142 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Pierre MelvilleDirector
- Jean-Pierre MelvilleScreenplay
- Edgar BischoffOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Howard VernonWerner von Ebrennac
- Nicole StéphaneLa Nièce
- Jean-Marie RobainL'Oncle
- Amy AaröeLa Fiancée
- Georges PatrixL'Ordonnance
- Denis SadierL'Ami
- RudelleL'Allemand
- Max FrommL'Allemand
- Claude VernierL'Allemand
- Max HermannL'Allemand
- Fritz SchmiedelL'Allemand