The book is an amazing read. It is long and it is complex and it's a story you will not soon forget. The film vaguely resembles the book in places but too much has been changed, too much left out, and much has been added that was not in the book. This story could never told properly with fewer than 8 or 10 episodes. And so, the Nazi's are caricatures. The war is trivialized. Watch the series, A French Village. That's how it should have been done. And I agree with the critic who stated that the languages should have been German and French, with subtitles.
The book is a 10. The series is too short, too rushed, and too different. I give it a 6, because it holds your attention. Just don't expect it to be much like the book. And you will soon forget the series. Not so, the book.
The book is a 10. The series is too short, too rushed, and too different. I give it a 6, because it holds your attention. Just don't expect it to be much like the book. And you will soon forget the series. Not so, the book.