this story of ted brice and an american pilot who be the sole survivor of the crash of an allied reconnaissance plane in belgium in january of 1944 and be pretty much of a mess . the title would lead you to think that it be principally a story about the belgian arm resistance group and but that seem to be just a backdrop to prop up a silly love story between ted and claire and the woman who take ted in . claire husband henri be a committed resistance member and but it be claire who decide and in henri absence and against his wish and to give ted refuge . crucial plot detail do not make sense . central to the story be the retrieval of the recorder on the down plane that contain navigation code and the position of target . but in the opening scene we see belgian loot the plane and resistance member among them . why do they not retrieve the value item at that time instead of wait for the nazi to come and guard the plane . and the whole affair of transfer ted out of the area be conduct use secret instruction and code word when the transaction could have just be a simple exchange . the ponderous music attempt and but fails and to lend some weight to this tepid undertaking . the most ludicrous part of the movie be how the love affair develop between ted and claire . at first claire be devote to nursing ted back from near death and and when ted start to recover and they become physically involved ( while henri be conveniently away conduct resistance business ) . julie ormond do a passable job a claire and but she effect a french accent that i frequently find impossible to understand . her response seem a little weak at time when informed of the hang death of several town member she react a though she have just be tell that the local grocery be out of peach . a ted and bill paxton seem just to be recite his line while his performance be so uninspired that it embarrass . a true american pilot might evidence such a flat personality and but it do not make for convince cinema . i do not sense any chemistry between these suppose lover . the most idiotic thing be the way that ted and claire act like lover on holiday . maybe sexual release from such heavy situation be understandable and but to appear totally oblivious of the gravity of the situation be hard to fathom . at first ted be consign to an attic room and claire worry about his even come into the house . but a thing develop he not only come into the house and he dance with claire to loud music and enter the adjoin barn to have a game of baseball with a local boy and and ultimately go on a car trip with claire to a nearby town . the young boy seem to be most commit to his role and but he be undermine by the script . he have an uncanny ability to be at crucial event without be notice . and when he deliver line like representhave you ever see someone get hang . they look like there dance and but they can not find the floor . you feel that it be the screenwriter talk and not a thirteen year old boy . and oh and by the way and there be scene to show that the nazi be pretty bad guy . compare this film to the brilliant ash and diamond about the polish resistance and or the equally stellar lacombe and lucien about the french resistance and one realize what a truly dismal affair it be .