Gilberte de Courgenay

This film tells a very light story of a charming and helpful young woman who lived in Courgenay, a Swiss village near to the French border, during World War I. I think when you watch this movie it is quite useful to have some background informations on Switzerland during World War II. In 1941 the country was completely surrounded by the German and Italian territories, Hitler was still very successful and the Swiss feared an attack of the Germans nearly every day. And even inside Switzerland itself there was a lot of Nazi propaganda trying to wear down the people and so to get them to join the Nazi Germany voluntary. So the purpose of this film was to shake the swiss people up to keep their ideologies of freedom and independence. It is done by showing them the Swiss soldiers during World War I, who were in a very similar situation. But their efforts were rewarded by the awareness of having kept Switzerland free from foreign aggressions. And remember, Switzerland was able to get through World War II unharmed. Of course I as a patriotic Swiss like this movie! And with above informations you might as well!