Jacques Besnard
Director
Le Jour de gloire (1976)
In 1944, a retired German detachment found itself stranded in a French town. The inhabitants try to live in good harmony with the occupants. But one day kids, playing with a grenade, accidentally cause the death of an SS lieutenant.
Keywords: imdb.year-1944, imdb.south-of-france, imdb.german-occupation-of-france, imdb.german-general, imdb.village-council, imdb.sermon, imdb.parisian + 43 more, imdb.nearsightedness, imdb.reference-to-world-war-one, imdb.reference-to-marshal-ferdinand-foch, imdb.reference-to-adolf-hitler, imdb.reference-to-winston-churchill, imdb.reference-to-pope-pius-xii, imdb.reference-to-jesus-christ, imdb.reference-to-bethlehem, imdb.reference-to-the-battle-of-stalingrad, imdb.reference-to-joan-of-arc, imdb.conversation-in-a-car, imdb.goat, imdb.horse-and-cart, imdb.bandaged-head, imdb.arm-in-a-sling, imdb.french-flag, imdb.la-marseillaise, imdb.cleavage, imdb.ringing-a-church-bell, imdb.hearse, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, imdb.german-officer, imdb.german-soldier, imdb.nazi, imdb.mayor, imdb.village, imdb.castle, imdb.priest, imdb.church, imdb.bridge, imdb.explosion, imdb.postman, imdb.children, imdb.pet-dog, imdb.duckling, imdb.rabbit, imdb.hen, imdb.egg, imdb.riding-a-bicycle, imdb.french-resistance, imdb.brass-band, imdb.fire, imdb.death
Production Companies: Promocinéma, TF1 Films Production, Tele-Cine Film- und Fernsehproduktion
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Runtime: 94 min.
Released: Dec. 8, 1976
Digital Release: Sept. 15, 2021
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 7+