The Nazis won temporarily... The film was shot 7 years in a row by enthusiasts and finished in 1964 for $ 20,000, but released on May 16, 1965, at a time when all of Europe celebrated 20 years since the victory over the Axis* on the continent.
The film can be said to be programmatic, in those years the revival of fascism began in Europe and the authors clearly decided to show what would have happened if the Battle of England had been lost.
The plot is as follows:
The Battle of England was lost in 1940. Five years of occupation and off the coast of the island is the Seventh Fleet of the United States. At the same time, a counteroffensive begins on the Eastern Front. And the Germans are fleeing Britain, and the British collaborators are trying to find their way in the new world.
We were shown the film The Longest Day, shot from the occupied side and the UK. It’s not that big, but that’s the salt. I wanted to show the relationship between collaborators and liberators according to the scenario of France. There is resistance, there are people who want to serve the fascists to save their lives and get better rations. In France, such young ladies (the main character there is a nurse) were tattooed with a swastika on their forehead, shaved their heads and escorted around the city. At the end of the film, a nurse in Nazi uniform comes to the aid of a dying soldier. Americans disdain her services at first, but she also took the Hippocratic oath.
Well, why is the film programmatic? So that different politicians don't yell, as good as it would have been under Hitler. Of course, the imagination was a bit lacking. And any film about Soviet guerrillas or French resistance simply moved to other scenery, closer to the politicians. Like, that would be something like this. And you talk about the golden mountains and calm state.
* It would have been strange to end World War II, and Franco and Salazar were engaged in fascism in the south of Europe. Not so serious, but it allowed them to adhere to international norms and even join the UN.