Secret Lives

.....and I did not want to .

Lena ,a German girl ,living in Paris ,is having a bad time when WW1 breaks out.She's sent to a concentration camp(?) but the French realize that,as she speaks German,she could be a wonderful spy.A far-fetched story takes the heroine to Switzerland where she has problems:to solve them,she must marry a French officer.The military men have no choice:he who draws the ace of heart will marry Lena,dismiss! As it often happens (if we trust the script writers) ,the forced newly -weds fall in love with each other.But duty calls...

Edmond T.Greville is French ,and although he claimed that the English crews were more professional,his best work ("Menaces" )was made in his native country."Secret lives" is an implausible story.When they say the war is over,we haven't even got the feeling a war happened.Probably inspired by Mata-Hari ,Lena's character is not really endearing,even in the "moving " final scenes.