The House in the Woods

During World War One, in a small rural French village far away from the front, a gamekeeper and his wife take in children displaced by the war.

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   E1. Episode 1

   Sep 12, 1971 · 54m

   Gamekeeper Albert lives with his wife and their two children in the house in the woods. In 1917, they welcome three boys whose fathers had gone to the front. While not in school, children play war and hide in the forest.

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   E2. Episode 2

   Sep 19, 1971 · 48m

   The gendarmes investigate a thief who gleefully picks from the common reserve of the village. Hervé sympathizes with the elegant Count, and has lunch in his castle.

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   E3. Episode 3

   Sep 26, 1971 · 40m

   A pleasant Sunday countryside party is organized by the inhabitants of the house of the woods. This lull is disturbed by serious news: Marcel, one of Hervé's two companions, is called to the front.

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   E4. Episode 4

   Oct 3, 1971 · 53m

   A garrison stops near the village and the children see real soldiers for the first time. One offers his baptism to Hervé, who is overjoyed. But death is never far from the village and a plane crashes nearby.

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   E5. Episode 5

   Oct 10, 1971 · 53m

   Hervé's father visits his son for the first time in a year. The reunion is timid and infinitely happy. But the boy soon learns the news of the death of his companion Marcel.

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   E6. Episode 6

   Oct 17, 1971 · 57m

   The armistice has arrived, and the children participate in a party before leaving the house in the woods forever. Hervé finds his father in Paris and discovers his new 'mother' and his half-sister Brigitte, with whom he will now live.

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