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Draft Dodgers (2009)
Director: Nicolas Steil
Cast: Pierre Niney, Swann Arlaud, Guillaume Gouix, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Runtime97 min
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May 1944. A young man just out of college returns to his hometown in Luxembourg. Refusing to fight on the German side, he chooses a clandestine life and joins other deserters in an abandoned mine
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Draft Dodgers, a 2009 film directed by Nicolas Steil, is a drama that follows a young man in Luxembourg who refuses to fight for the Germans during World War II and instead joins other deserters in an abandoned mine. While reception information is limited, the film appears to offer a nuanced perspective on the challenges faced by those who chose to resist the Nazi occupation.
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Fans of thoughtful, character-driven dramas will appreciate the gritty authenticity and compelling performances in Draft Dodgers, the 2009 film directed by Nicolas Steil. Set against the backdrop of WWII Luxembourg, the film follows a young man's difficult choice to resist conscription, bringing an intimate perspective to the moral complexities of war.
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Draft evasion or conscription evasion is avoiding a government-imposed obligation to serve in the military forces. Sometimes draft evasion involves refusing to comply with the military draft laws. Illegal draft evasion is said to have characterized every military conflict of the 20th and 21st centuries, in which at least one party of such conflict has enforced conscription. Such evasion is generally considered to be a criminal offense, and laws against it go back thousands of years.
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