Les amours secrètes

Perhaps inspired by the love affair between glorious actress Arletty and a German officer in WW2,although the young girl is a Jew, which may remind some people of "the exception ". They even sing 'comme de bien entendu" ,which is an obvious nod to Arletty in "circonstances atténuantes "

Moving subject , but mediocre treatment : one expects a tragedy , one gets a Harlequin romance ; there is absolutely no chemistry between the two lovers (unless sex scenes count) , the characters are all rather flat and the only good actors , Anémone and Richard Bohringer are given so insignificant parts that the former lies bedridden all the while ,and the latter is smart enough to slip out after the very beginning before reappearing one hour later .

The young German love is bland ,and his superiors are rather nice -and even naive-, and we deal with the SS men,all the same! The picture is so dark that it's sometimes impossible to follow the plot. The evident lack of means cannot excuse the paucity of the dialog ,and a story which drags on, which a listless directing does not help.