La Belgique martyre(1919)

movie - first aired/released 1919-10-30 - 69 min - audience 7.5

Drama

Directed by Charles Tutelier

A young Flemish peasant experiences the brutal side of war after his father has left to fight at the battle front of the Yser, his mother has been executed by German soldiers and his grandfather has been sent to an internment camp. He decides to take up arms and joins the Belgian army to avenge his mother’s death…