Plot

In this relatively obscure film about the Franco-Prussian War, we follow the fortunes of a young Frenchman who sold his exemption to the draft to help his family and who ends up behind enemy lines during the quick rout of the French forces. He meets up with an orphaned Alsatian lad…the two have no language in common but learn to get on together well. They go on the run and try to make it back to the man’s home village. In this the man is unsuccessful, but the boy carries on and eventually gets taken in by the man’s family when they realize the nature of the situation.

The boy (Frederic Mayer, well played as the unnamed character) doesn’t show up until roughly 34 minutes into the film. The plot seems a bit meandering at times, but the boy certainly does his bit to carry the film.

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