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      The Damned

      1946 1h 45m Adventure List
      100% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 89% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Nazis board a submarine and flee for South America to avoid their fate in Europe. Read More Read Less

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      J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Clment conjures up some good suspense sequences as the doctor hatches a plan to escape in an inflatable dinghy, though what really powers the story is the director's icy contempt for his ship of fools. May 5, 2016 Full Review Keith Phipps The Dissolve What makes the film is the atmosphere of claustrophobia and dread that Clment creates. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 21, 2013 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand ... one of the strangest and darkest submarine movies ever made. Nov 18, 2023 Full Review Virginia Graham The Spectator The characters are well drawn, notably M. Paul Bernard as the collaborationist, and there is a magnificent bit of acting by Dalio, which is well worth a hearing. Nov 7, 2016 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Exciting WW II thriller. Rated: B+ Oct 16, 2013 Full Review J.C. Maçek III PopMatters This poignancy may not translate to modern audiences whose ideas of postwar France revolves around a completely different war and a completely new France. Rated: 7/10 Sep 18, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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      laurent b One of the greatest war movies I've ever seen. Suspense, characters, plot, and a in-depth reflection on the human condition. Absolute Must see !!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review paul d This is a clever story and a remarkable movie. How did René Clément manage to get, in 1946, only a year after the war, access to U-boats and a multinational crew for all the time it took to make this film? It is very realistic. It's all here: a mysterious voyage, odd civilian passengers, the natural claustrophobia of a submarine, treachery, villains, victims, love, duty, and of course evil Nazis and normal Germans fighting the war. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A gauche but functional WWII tale elevated by the collective works of a talented ensemble cast. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Claustrophobic French melodrama; tautly written and well-acted. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review dave j Monday, June 23, 2014 (1947) Les Maudits/ The Damned (In French with English subtitles) WAR The setting takes place just during the end of the second World War with a U-boat full of Nazi sympathizers, including French and Italian passengers planning to settle in South America for a possible industrialization to support Hitler's cause. All is well until one of the female passengers injures herself with a bad head concussion, forcing them to go undercover to kidnap a French doctor who eventually takes over to narrate his incredible voyage. Sometimes slow, but still fascinating that has never been done before. 3 out of 4 stars Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Les Maudits (1947) This post-war french movie is very interesting, especially seeing German characters speaking french (no doubt with a German accent). I never saw René Clément's movie, "Is Paris Burning?" (1966) but this movie makes me want to see it. This one is about a bunch of Nazis and Nazi sympathizers, towards the end of the war, getting on board a U-Boat bound for South America. One of the passengers gets hurt during a depth charge attack, so they sneak into France and kidnap a doctor. The doctor knows that he's dead meat as soon as they reach their destination and tries to do anything he can to survive including making friends with who he can. We also get a glimpse of some people who were staunch supporters of the wrong side for whatever reasons crammed inside the claustrophobic confines of this submarine. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Nazis board a submarine and flee for South America to avoid their fate in Europe.
      Director
      René Clément
      Screenwriter
      René Clément, Henri Jeanson, Jacques Rémy
      Production Co
      Spéva Films
      Genre
      Adventure
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Oct 5, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 45m
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