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Durant l’Occupation, deux frères, Marc et Yves Toledano, sont emprisonnés pour faits de résistance par la Gestapo de Bourges, torturés et miraculeusement secourus par Frère Alfred, un infirmier militaire allemand et frère franciscain. Ce dernier vient les soigner et les réconforter, mais ses convictions morales et religieuses vont être mises à rude épreuve.
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Franciscan of Bourges (1968)
108 min
Albert is a Franciscan monk and a medical orderly at a monastery in France. Although he is German, the kindly monk helps hide French resistance members. Albert tries to maintain the delicate balance between the warring factions by helping out the afflicted and not getting involved in political ideology.