Les maudits

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueIn the last days of World War II, a group of Nazis and their sympathizers try to escape from reckoning using a submarine.In the last days of World War II, a group of Nazis and their sympathizers try to escape from reckoning using a submarine.In the last days of World War II, a group of Nazis and their sympathizers try to escape from reckoning using a submarine.

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Trailer 1:37

The Damned [1947]

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The character of Forster is referred in the film to as 'Obergruppenführer'. That means he is in the SS leadership (equivalent to a 3-star general in the army). This naturally explains why the army general on board cannot simply pull rank on him and why the majority of the crew is willing to obey his commands over those of the other officers. Most reviews erroneously describe him as either Gestapo (whose head would be at least one rank below that) or high (civilian) Nazi party official (who would not be referred to by rank).

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Le commandant du sous-marin: Their papers are good, but their identities are false.

Autres versions
There is some footage missing at about 45 minutes into the commonly available version of the film. After narrating how he can trust the radio operator, Guilbert retires to his room. But the subsequent dissolves show brief remains of shots that have been cut from the film.

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7/10

Early Clement, entertaining but not brilliant

"Les maudits" (the damned) is a film from the early years of René Clement. It is entertaining, but it misses the refinement of "Jeux interdit" (1952, René Clement).

In "Der untergang" (2004, Oliver Hirschbiegel) a blinded Adolf Hitler stays in his Berlin bunker, walking straight into his defeat. Many of his advisers were more realistic about the chances of the Nazis in World War II and sought a safe harbour, often in South America. Novels such as "The Odessa file (1972, Frederick Forsyth, adapted by Ronald Neame in 1974) and "The boys from Brazil" (1976, Ira Levin, adapted by Franklin Schaffner in 1978) tell us about the activities of these ex Nazi's.

"Les maudits" is the missing link between these stories and World War II films. It tells us about the flight of some high ranking National Socialists in a submarine. The film misses however the tension of a submarine film like "Das Boot" (1981, Wolfgang Petersen) or the perversion and decadence of his namesake "The damned" (1969, Luchino Visconti). In the film the submarine with the Germans is a sort of Noah's ark, but the inhabitants are not selected by God but by the devil.