Calm at Sea
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| French | La mer à l'aube |
| Directed by | Volker Schlöndorff |
| Written by | Volker Schlöndorff |
| Based on | Zur Geiselfrage by Ernst Jünger |
| Produced by | Bruno Petit |
| Starring | Léo Paul Salmain Marc Barbé Ulrich Matthes |
| Cinematography | Lubomir Bakchev |
| Edited by | Susanne Hartmann |
| Music by | Bruno Coulais |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | France Germany |
| Languages | French German |
Calm at Sea (French: La mer à l'aube) is a 2011 German / French drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. The film depicts the events leading to the 1941 execution of a group of French communists, including the 17-year-old Guy Môquet, as retaliation for the assassination of a German officer by the French resistance.