remantell

The colorized pictures are great, showing Paris and its denizens in the period from 1900 to the Great War. However, the dialog is sheer trash. It would make things which began years, if not centuries, earlier, into some kind of fabulous Progressive movement suddenly ended by a resurgence of feudalism in the guns of August 1914. It appears the producers tried to fit their desired story to the available footage rather than let the latter speak for itself. In short, it is what the English-speaking world knows as "Whig History." It can be viewed on MHz in their French Collection with English subtitles. It is not the film by the same name done several decades ago and the film quality is much better.

Like most of the Murder In series this one was laughable, all the more so if the producers intended to sell it in the US. No soldier's personal file would be Top Secret, nor contain operation details unless they were part of a commendation, nor would any sergeant be promoted to major for any reason, much less saving a civilian from being raped. I'll give the producers credit for trying make some details credible, but the major is missing his pinks and or is certainly not wearing his battle uniform, and the bugle is the strangest one I've ever seen, the 3-volley salute is done much more rapidly, and Americans do not wear an ID bracelet like that shown. I also doubt the Normandy cemeteries have detailed archival operation information. 4-5 thousand Allied soldiers were killed on D-Day, not 200,000, and about 130,000 participated in the initial invasion, not 600,000. 860,000 tho had landed by the end of June.