Berthe Tissen

This French morality play is fraught with cynical undertones as it tells the tale of a group of French people from every social strata trying to flee the Nazis who have just invaded Paris. En route they meet a cruel German officer who threatens to kill the others if the heroine Presle refuses to sleep with him. (www.allmovie.com)

Abandoned children, left to their own devices and a life of danger, are adopted by a kind man.