Anthony Oliver Scott, chief film critic of The New York Times, praised Schlondorff for "the politically urgent, ethically complex and clear-sighted filmmaking that marks his strongest work." With Calm at Sea Schlondorff was able to focus all his skills as a filmmaker and his personal experiences to create a very moving and historical accurately told story and to confront the audience with the complexity of a historical event, which marks one of the darkest chapters in the relations between Germany and France. In October 1941, during the German occupation of France in World War II, a German...