Starring
: Christopher Plummer, Catherine Hicks,
Michael Lonsdale, Christopher Cazenove
Director : Geoffrey
Reeve
Producers : Andre A. Blay, Tom Reeve & Jim Reeve
Synopsis
In 1944, a dashing German soldier and a beautiful French
girl fell deeply in love while World War II raged on.
More than forty years later, Ernest Kestner (Christopher
Plummer - National Treasure, The Sound
of Music), retired and recently widowed, leaves
his adopted home in New York and returns to France to
visit his headstrong, estranged daughter (Catherine
Hicks - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, "7th
Heaven"), with the fleeting hope of finding
the love he was forced to leave behind.
But this
is no ordinary vacation in the charming French countryside.
The mood is strangely dark, and what Kestner and his
daughter encounter is completely unexpected as the veteran
soldier seeks the ultimate Souvenir – born from
the ashes of a horrible, hidden secret.
Based on the true story of Oradour-sur-Glane,
a French town that was nearly wiped out near the end
of WWII. Most every man, woman and child was gunned
down or burned in retaliation for the French Resistance.
The entire town has been preserved as a national memorial.
This DVD's special feature, Oradour-sur-Glane: A
Photographic History of the Events that Inspired the
Film, takes you on a tour of that town.
Souvenir: Family
Friendly Edited Version
has about one minute of nudity and sexual content
edited out to make this historical story accessible to
all.
DVD Features (both versions)
· Widescreen Presentation
· High-Definition Mastering
· Original Trailer
· Oradour-sur-Glane: A Photographic History
of the Events That Inspired the Film
- See Sample
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