Der 10 Mai

Der 10 Mai The Tenth of May was the date in 1940 that Hitler invaded the Low Countries Belgium Holland and Luxembourg Neutral Switzerland which hadnt experienced a war since the 14th century hurriedly fortified its borders with battalions of inexperienced soldiers The panic confusion and isolated acts of courage which occurred on that fateful day are recreated in this Swiss docudrama The story is personalized by concentrating on a fugitive German soldier Heinz Reincke who falls in love with the Swiss girl Linda Geiser who shelters him Produced on a bareminimum budget Der 10 Mai is impressive more for its sincerity and raw energy than for its actual cinematic merits