Souvenir [DVD]

An extremely sad story, with an outstanding performance by Christopher Plummer. I don’t understand why this film is not better known.

The true story of an entire towns massacre,in June 1944 642 inhabitants of oradour-sur-glane were burned to death,others were shot to death in the streets by a german waffen ss company because of the killing of a couple of german soldiers in that small french town.this is a drama movie not a doc.of that happening.When i started watching it i couldn't stop.Christoper plumber stars as a former German soldier who was ordered to lock up 247 women and children in a Church,one of whom was his french girl friend, he doesn't know that they were burned to death because he was ordered to leave. Years later he returns to that small french town with his daughter from New York hoping to find his former girl friend, and finds out the truth.Only a few men survived 5 or 6 the rest of the inhabitants were shot or burned to death.

There is another version (unrated) of this that I was able to watch in VHS.

I HATE TO WRITE NEGATIVE THINGS ABOBUT ANY MOVIE, BUT IREALLY THINK THAT I HAVE WASTED MY TIME AND MONEY FORTHIS DVD MOVIE.THE ACTING IS SOooo POOR!, AND THE STORY IS SOooo SLOW,COMBINE THEM 2 THINGS ... MAKES THIS STORY, AND MOVIELOOK LIKE A LOW BUDGET SHOW. THIS MOVIE WAS MADE BACKDURING THE 1970'S SO THAT MIGHT BE IT THE REASON WHY THISMOVIE IS BORING.