Armistice 1918
The year is 1918. Germany is desperate for peace, for an end to the Great War. In a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne, a historic meeting is arranged. It is to agree on the terms which will lead to the signing of the Armistice. Marshal Fbch, acting on behalf of the Allied governments, is flanked by Britain’s Admiral Wemyss, anxious to see that the harsh terms exacted of the Germans are applied in full.
From the German High Command come four envoys. These are no topdiners: a former military attache with a French wife; a drink-sod-den aristocrat, ambassador to Bulgaria; a pro-peace Reichstag deputy; and the captain of a fleet that has not put to sea in two years. As they themselves remark bitterly, four minicipal cretins could do the job as well. They are there to carry the can.
This is the setting for “Gossip from the Forest,” a movie for television which screens on TV2 tonight.
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Press, 25 February 1980, Page 15
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