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On October 20, 1941, a German officer is gunned down in Nantes. In the days that follow, Hitler demands 150 hostages be shot in retaliation, including some in Châteaubriant in the Loire Valley. In Paris, General Von Stülpnagel manages to stagger the executions over three days, at 50 hostages per day. One of the Wehrmacht soldiers called upon to perform the executions is a young man who just returned from leave to see his family the previous day: future Nobel Prize for Literature winner Heinrich Böll.

France - 2011 - 1 h 30 mn - HD • 16/9 - Colour

Director Volker Schlöndorff Script Volker Schlöndorff Camera Lubomir Bakchev Sound Pierre Garnier Sets Stéphane Makedonsky Editing Susanne Hartmann Music Bruno Coulais Cast Léo Paul Salmain, Marc Barbé, Martin Loizillon Cast Ulrich Matthes, Jean-Marc Roulot

Production Les Canards Sauvages, 23, rue Boyer, 75020 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 8362 8390 Co-Production ARTE France, Provobis Film, 7e Apache Films

Sales Les Canards Sauvages, 23, rue Boyer, 75020 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 8362 8390