Les Rayons and Les Ombres, Film gems

Jean and Otto, a French journalist and a young German Francophile, fight for peace in Europe. Corinne, Jean's daughter, begins a brilliant career as a film actress. But the war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends play an important role in this new France. Jean grows into a major press magnate and ardent supporter of the Collaboration with the occupier; Otto becomes ambassador of the Reich in Paris. Corinne is thrown into the lion's den...