在这部法国被告门德斯剧情/战争片中,1940年，法国投降后几个月，法国政治家-空军中尉皮埃尔·门德斯，在摩洛哥涉嫌逃跑，被逮捕送到克莱蒙费朗监狱。1941年5月，门德斯被维希法庭判处六年徒刑，从被捕之日起，门德斯就计划逃跑。1942年，门德斯设法从监狱逃脱，最终来到英国，加入了自由法国空军，参加了解放祖国的战役
A few months after the fall of France in 1940, lieutenant Pierre Mendès France is brought to the prison of Clermont-Ferrand. Arrested in Morocco for desertion by the new government forged and lead by Marshall Pétain, the former deputy prepares his defense with his lawyers, explaining why he left the country in June 1940 to North Africa on board the liner Massilia.
