The Pied Piper

IMDb link: 0035189
IMDb rating: 7 (881 votes)
Genres: Drama, War
Director: Otto Preminger, Irving Pichel, Roddy McDowall
Cast: Anne Baxter, Monty Woolley and others

Release date: 21 Aug 1942
Release year: 1942
Runtime: 87 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: patriotism, 1940s, year 1940, occupied france, nazi invasion, british spy, british tourist, orphan child, refugee, seeking freedom

Plot:

Englishman Mr Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises: the risk of being heard speaking English.

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