Calm at Sea

Calm at Sea
Film poster
French	La mer à l'aube
Directed by	Volker Schlöndorff
Starring	Léo Paul Salmain [fr] Marc Barbé Ulrich Matthes
Release date	14 October 2011 (2011-10-14)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France Germany
Languages	French German

Calm at Sea (French: La mer à l'aube) is a 2011 German / French drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff.[1][2] The film depicts the events leading to the 1941 execution of a group of French communists, including the 17-year-old Guy Môquet, as retaliation for the assassination of a German officer by the French resistance.

Cast

• Léo-Paul Salmain [fr] as Guy Môquet
• Marc Barbé as Jean-Pierre Timbaud
• Ulrich Matthes as Ernst Jünger
• Jean-Marc Roulot [fr] as Lucien Touya
• Sébastien Accart as Bernard Lecornu
• Martin Loizillon [fr] as Claude Lalet
• Jacob Matschenz as Soldat Otto

Reception

The film was mostly positively received. Jörg Schöning sums it up in Der Spiegel: “Schlöndorff's film, which is not particularly interested in the more recent questions of humanity, thankfully concentrates on the concrete. The sea in the morning is the stroke of luck of a documentary game: the people, their actions and words are historically documented, the consequences of their actions are highly dramatic - and still trigger considerable emotions today.”[3]

Filmgazette editor Wolfgang Nierlins judged: "Schlöndorff's film shows the fateful course of events, relentlessly aggravated by human arbitrariness and blind coincidence as a tragic event." He understands Calm at Sea as “a differentiated plea for humanity” and awards 8 out of 10 possible stars.[4]

References

1. Young, Neil (22 February 2012). "Calm at Sea: Berlin Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
2. Lodge, Guy (15 February 2012). "Calm at Sea". Variety. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
3. Gundel, Jörg (2016), "Regulierung und Internationalisierung – insbesondere im Energiesektor", Regulierung und Gemeinwohl, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, pp. 312–333, doi:10.5771/9783845275871-312, ISBN 978-3-8452-7587-1, retrieved 2022-02-07
4. Thies, Wolfgang (April 2008). "Reaktionen auf das Hören einer Klangschale". Musik-, Tanz- und Kunsttherapie. 19 (2): 83–92. doi:10.1026/0933-6885.19.2.83. ISSN 0933-6885.

External links

• Calm at Sea at IMDb
• Calm at Sea at Rotten Tomatoes