The BEST episodes of A French Village
Every episode of A French Village ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of A French Village!
A French village and its inhabitants go through the ups and (mainly) downs of the occupation by the German army from 1940 to 1945. The village doctor is assigned as mayor, and confronted with the challenges, dilemmas, and contradictory demands and situations. At the same time, there is a lot of personal interactions with a number of interesting characters.
#1 - Paris Liberated
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/18/2014
August 1944, Villeneuve lived its last hours under the Occupation. While the resistance fighters, led by Marie, continue the fight and lend a hand to the Americans, the militiamen, who have taken control of the city, continue their abuses. Suzanne and Antoine, whom the tests of last year brought together, one day attend one of their downhill; the scene is unsustainable. They then decide to kill Janvier, the militia leader ...
#2 - The bridge
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/18/2014
Hortense and Heinrich continue on their way to Switzerland, while Suzanne and Antoine are actively sought by all the authorities. The militiamen, weakened and increasingly worried about their future and that of their families, negotiate with the German commander Schneider for a place on the last train for Belfort; he accepts, on condition that the militia do one last job for him.
#3 - Stolen Kisses
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/24/2012
Marie gets close to Vincent, which puts their action in danger. Jean Marchetti orders his men to tail Raoul, the son of Marie. Through this subterfuge, he hopes to dupe the mother and trap her...
#4 - News of Anna
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/24/2012
Crémieux is arrested and questioned by the police. Meanwhile, Marcel, the leader of Villeneuve's communist resistance, contacts Bériot and suggests that their two movements join forces...
#5 - The Day After
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/5/2013
There is great excitement in the hideout after the march, but reprisals are swift to follow in Villeneuve, and there are numerous arrests. Heinrich takes the opportunity to take revenge on Chassagne who is arrested. Beriot, back from Lyon, learns all about it from Marguerite and Lucienne...
#6 - Alsace and Lorraine
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/29/2013
11th November 1943. The Resistance fighters wait for the signal to march. Chassagne senses that something is going on and tries to warn the police and the Germans. When the Resistance fighters eventually manage to surround Villeneuve, a feeling of liberation infects the whole town..
#7 - An Escape
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/3/2012
Shocked by the decision of the Germans to separate the families, Daniel, the Mayor of Villeneuve, resigns. Jean has fallen for Rita, a Jewish girl arrested by the authorities. He tries all he can to get her freed...
#8 - The Mission
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/10/2012
July 24 , 1942. Mary, helped by Lucienne, develops a plan to get young Elena to the school camp, while Bériot is arrested and questioned by police . Meanwhile, Jean organizes the departure of Rita and her mother to Switzerland...
#9 - Alliances
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2013
Antoine and Claude meet other young people hiding in the forest. But how will they survive the cold in the mountains without any food? The Communists, led by Suzanne and Marcel, ambush a German truck, but the operation goes wrong. Marguerite, the new singing teacher, lies about her husband..
#10 - Birth Certificate
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/29/2013
Arrested and tortured by the Milice, Daniel is then imprisoned with Marcel. Antoine and Marie rehearse the play they'll perform on November 11th, but when Antoine finds out about Marie's affair with Raymond, he decides to change the plans and organise a Resistance march in Villeneuve..
#11 - The Visitor
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/17/2012
Daniel picks up a Free French soldier parachuted into Villeneuve. The man is injured and Daniel tries to care for him without alerting the authorities or the Germans. A stranger appears at the school. He tells Bériot that he wants to contact Dominique, the head of the local Gaullist network...
#12 - The Tables are Turned
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/17/2012
Vincent, the soldier dropped in from London, has the task of passing on important information. He is helped by Marie, alias Dominique. But their job is made complicated with the return of Heinrich...
#13 - Release
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/10/2012
July 24 , 1942. While the school lives since high voltage escapes more inmates , Daniel tries to free Sarah , in vain.
#14 - The Arrest
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/2013
Marcel is stopped during a routine control. In Moissey, the Milice arrest Sarah and Ezechiel. Gustave and Tequiero manage to hide in a cupboard and Daniel was out. During an interrogation, Josephine throws herself out of the window to protect her brother Antoine..
#15 - The Move
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/2013
Raymond is depressed after Josephine's death, and Antoine can't accept the idea of losing his sister. Daniel, still in hiding, makes plans to escape...
#16 - A Day Without Bread
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/27/2012
July 21, 1942. Life is organized somehow at school. Judith Morhange, back from Paris, joined the group of Jews in "transit" and became its spokesperson. Daniel Larcher fights to recover food while Jules Bériot, the director of the school, is forced by the French gendarmerie to empty the cellars where he secretly prints leaflets with his group of resistance fighters. Meanwhile, Marchetti and his men arrest foreign Jews living in Villeneuve.
#17 - The Border
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/1/2012
As Marie and the Gaullist resistance fighters try to escape from the trap set by the police, Jean has only one thing on his mind: to save the woman he loves...
#18 - Three Shots
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/22/2013
Antoine and Raymond manage to free the prisoners. They all go into hiding except Marcel who didn't manage to escape. Marguerite falls out with Lucienne when she discovers Lucienne's secret. Daniel gets permission to leave the hideout to try and free his brother...
#19 - For Love
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/26/2010
The next day, Marcel decides to take the risk of going to see his son who is sick and being treated at Daniel's home. Hortense learns that Heinrich will be transferred to the Russian front if he doesn't arrest the perpetrators of the assassination..
#20 - The Mousetrap
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/1/2012
The police force is organized around Marie's farm. At the sub-prefecture, Marchetti advises Crémieux not to betray him if he wants to see Anna and Hélène again. Rita arises in the meantime. She tries to extract from Marchetti a confession which does not appear in her mother's letter. At Marie's, Crémieux explains his absence with a pumpkin story. He strongly advises against holding the meeting with the Communists. While celebrating the departure of an employee for Frankfurt with a drink, Schwartz receives death threats from Philippe. Hortense makes a momentous decision. Marchetti discovers that Rita is gone...
#21 - The Birth of a Chief
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2013
Claude, Antoine and their comrades discuss joining the Resistance. Despite the danger, Daniel, now in Moissey with Sarah, Gustave and Tequiero, decides to shelter Ezechiel, wounded in the shoulder from firing on Chassagne. Humiliated by Heinrich, Chassagne swears revenge..
#22 - The Coup de Grace
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2009
11 March 1941. Lorrain has captured Marie and Raymond. Hopeless and in a mad rage he keeps threatening to kill them both...
#23 - Forced Labour
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2013
Raymond helps his brother-in-law Antoine to escape. In hiding, Antoine meets Claude, a drama college student who's also on the run. Chassagne, Villeneuve's new mayor and an unashamed collaborator, is wounded in an attack. Suzanne's husband, whom she hasn't seen for 3 years, escapes from the prisoner-of-war camp...
#24 - Danger of Death
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2009
10 March 1941. Lorrain has vanished after discovering that Marie is part of the network and learning about her relationship with Raymond. De Kervern absolutely must find him before he denounces them all to the Germans...
#25 - Tough Choices
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/19/2010
October 27, 1941. In revenge for the death of one of their own, the Germans demand the execution of 20 hostages. Although Daniel seeks to prevent this, Jean's return as head of the local police further tightens the noose around the Communists.