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A World War 2 film about an American art student, Philip Weber (Perry King), who receives an inheritance that allows him to live at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, then a byword for the ultimate in luxury. Unfortunately for him, this takes place just before the fall of Paris to the German invasion.
The German High Command requisition part of the hotel. Weber has connections in the Paris fashion world and the German senior officers are planning to plunder the art treasures of Paris; Weber -- initially declaring his neutrality -- is persuaded by the resistance to try to frustrate their plans.
About an hour into the film he gets an audience with Goering (Joss Ackland), who comes in wearing a beaded evening gown and earrings. "Don't be alarmed, Mr Weber; I'm not a sexual deviant: as I told you I find women's clothes more relaxing; they're certainly more practical for men than they are for women. They do give more freedom in the area where men are more abundantly endowed."
I am not aware of any historical reason for this portrayal; Goering wore a somewhat flamboyant uniform as head of the German air force, but there is nothing to indicate that he was a crossdresser.
The whole thing came over to me as just silly, and there was no attempt to portray the menace of the Nazi occupation or the horror of having your capital city occupied, or indeed of the period at all.
HF June 2007
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