Green Harvest
Seen it?1959 | 95 min | Drama, War
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who remembers how big everything felt at sixteen and war-film fans. It gets the awkwardness and the high stakes of being young. Same wavelength as Inglourious Basterds or Schindler's List.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 35 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1959: an older pace and style.
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
In 1943, a group of high school students decide to take action against the Nazi occupying forces. Showing courage and imagination, they manage to blow up the Kommandantur and to release hostages. But after the killing of a German soldier the Nazi police apparatus strikes back. The young resisters are arrested and two of them are condemned to death.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 431 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by François Villiers
- Pierre DuxHigh school chaplain
- Dany SavalDany
- Jacques PerrinJean-Louis Mesnier
- Francis LemonnierOlivier Guerbois
- Claude BrasseurRobert Borelli
- Philippe AdrienSmoker
- Jacques HigelinMercadier
- Jacques GencelRouquier
- Jacques CossinDuval
- Gérard DauzatSchneider