One Against the Wind

original title:
One Against the Wind
other titles:
(Allein gegen den Wind)
country / year of production:
USA / 1991
original length:
96 min. , color
premiere:
1 Dezember 1991
genre:
melodrama
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director:
Larry Elikann
film script:
Chris Bryant
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cast (role):
Judy Davis (Mary Lindell) , Sam Neill (Major James Leggatt) , Anthony Higgins (SS Capt. Herman Gruber) , Christien Alexis Anholt (Maurice Lindell, Marys Sohn) , Kate Beckinsale (Barbe Lindell) , Judy Davis , Sam Neill , Anthony Higgins , Christien Alexis Anholt , Kate Beckinsale
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plot synopsis:
Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German officer. Based on the true story.
keywords:
based on a true story , occupation , pilot , escape , women during wartime
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Dieter Riesenberger. Für Humanität in Krieg und Frieden. Das Internationale Rote Kreuz 1863-1977. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1992.
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