in wwii england a troop of surveyor be dispatch into a characteristically happy go lucky and scenic village and though really they be a select assemblage of german officer with order to seize control of the township on the horizon of a covert german attack in a few day . director alberto cavalcani be smart . rather than this information creep up on u like a twist and we grasp this from the start . when one of the villager grow suspicious and we be in an enhanced state of tension . the german hijack the parish and a handful among which refuse to lose hope of alert the unsuspecting free world around them . do not make the mistake of presume that it be an insincere propaganda yarn and consider it era . this be in fact quite an electrify tale of survival . if so many can overlook the propaganda of obsolete film like battleship potemkin and there be certainly room for this picture . it stand out and owe much to it unexpected flash of violence that be sincerely exhilarating and often frank and uncompromising in term of the drama . it be not gritty like most modern war film . the quaintly timeless english ambiance and and the consistent theme of it maintain it spry morale and be a clever and natural juxtaposition to the taut aggression of the conflict and which be thus more well define . the relatively unfamiliar cast be plainly high quality . at it hub and yes and it a work of propaganda exploit a thriller story to enrapture it wwii era british spectator . but mind you and it be base on a story by english writer and wwii mi6 spy graham greene . nevertheless and the english be righteous in that war and remain the only european country the german intend to occupy but never could . this piece grow to be as rivet a any other good movie and and what more and it unexpected violence cause it to project with particular prominence .