Two Thousand Women 1944 Screenplay by Frank Launder with additional material by Michael Pertwee, directed by Frank Launder. I've long been a fan of the films of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. Most classic film fans would know them from their screenplay for Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. The St Trinian's films from the 50s are my favorites of their work.
The Wikipedia says:
Per the British Film Institute database, this is the second in an "unofficial trilogy" by Launder and Gilliat, along with Millions Like Us (1943) and Waterloo Road (1945).
Patricia Roc plays a novice nun who is travelling with some children. The French soldiers catch her sneaking around at night and think she's a spy because she's using a flashlight while a German plane is overhead. She was sentenced to death but she's "saved" by the arrival of the Germans. Patricia is sent to an internment camp in a fancy resort hotel in the town of Marneville.
The hotel has a variety of women, including a German spy. The French hotel owner is suspected as being a collaborator. A few days after her arrival there's a air raid in the area and a British plane is forced down. Three airmen sneak into the hotel and the women hide them and help them escape. It ends with the group of prisoners singing There'll Always Be An England.
I enjoyed the film and understand it's a solid piece of propaganda. You can see a watchable copy on YouTube, as well as copies of Millions Like Us and Waterloo Road.
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