CASTLE TO CASTLE PA

It is Germany near the end of World War II, the Allies have landed, and members of the Vichy France government have been sequestered in a labyrinthine castle, replete with secret passages and subterranean hideaways. The group of 1,400 terrified officials, their wives, mistresses, flunkies, and Nazi protectors-including Céline, his wife, their cat, and an actor friend-attempt to postpone the postwar reckoning under the constant threat of air raids and starvation.