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...North Africa. Then, in an announcement broadcast by the Algiers radio, he took over the civil administration of the colonies in the name of Marshal Pétain-and with the approval of the U.S. authorities. He set up his own military command under the stanch old soldier and escapist General Henri Honoré Giraud (TIME, Nov. 16). Still in the name of Marshal Pétain, a virtual prisoner now in his own capital of Vichy, still with the approval of the U.S. commanders, an administration took form in North Africa under this former collaborator with Germany...
...Pied Piper" is escapist fare, to be sure, but it'll leave you with the feeling that here, at least, is a movie that recognizes and presents some of the less obvious problems of World...
Over the Algiers radio came the most surprising and inspiring French voice of all. It was that of big, spirited General Henri Honore Giraud, idol of France, Germany's No. 1 war prisoner and escapist (TIME, May 11). Cried...
...Great Escapist. When the story of General Giraud's escape from Konig-stein prison was told last spring it was so fabulously like an Alfred Hitchcock cinema that most observers were disbelieving. It was said that the weighty, 63-year-old warrior, having assembled a civilian suit from gift boxes, had let himself down some 60 ft. of Giraud-made rope. Posing as a Swiss traveling salesman, he had serpentined through Germany for eleven days, finally crossed into Switzerland. Unpublished reports at the time said that his escape and his anti-Nazi fervor were known to the British...
...film with a war background is no novelty. But one with as refreshing and original an approach as the "Pied Piper" is a welcome addition to any motion picture season. It presents a smooth synthesis of amusing escapist fare, straight adventure material, and enough of what might be termed a "message" to satisfy the commonly expressed desire to see movies which don't ignore some of the vital issues...