History Series / AFrenchVillage

* PutOnABusToHell: The Jewish prisoners sent off to Poland. Realistically, very few will survive the death camps.

* ForbiddenLove: Lucienne and Hortense both have relationships with Germans, which many French people find to be treasonous ("horizontal collaboration"). It's also prohibited by German military regulations.

* ForbiddenLove: Lucienne and Hortense both have relationships with Germans, which many French people find to be treasonous ("horizontal collaboration") and is also prohibited by German military regulations.

* ForbiddenLove: Lucienne and Hortense both have relationships with Germans, which many French people find to be treasonous ("horizontal collaboration").

* SecretRelationship: Due to the stigma against French people involved with the German occupiers, both Lucienne and Hortense try to hide the fact they're seeing Germans, though some people still find out.

* PutOnABus: Kurt is shipped to the Eastern Front after it's found he was in a relationship with Lucienne, a Frenchwoman (forbidden under military regulations). Müller is also transferred to Kiev.

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Alban was essentially roped into joining the Milice, the Vichy French StateSec, to avoid forced labor in Germany. He obeyed his godfather's order to murder two children, but loathes himself for it.

* DramaticIrony: Müller relates to a horrified Hortense that he'd made Jews dig their graves before being shot in the Soviet Union, specifically one who obeyed him with alacrity and dug very well, wondering just why the man did that so willingly. He's caught later trying to sneak into Germany with false papers after deserting, and the SS guards make him dig his own grave too (very willingly, in terror). Müller presumably answered his own question about whatever the man's reasons before he gets rescued.

* DramaticIrony: Müller relates to a horrified Hortense that he'd made Jews dig their graves before being shot in the Soviet Union, specifically one who obeyed him with alacrity and dug very well, wondering just why the man did that so willingly. He's caught later trying to sneak into Germany with false papers after deserting, and the SS guards make him dig his own grave too (very willingly, in terror). Müller presumably answered his own question about whatever the motive was before he gets rescued.

* WouldntHitAGirl: Belancon, the Milice leader, will shoot innocent civilians, but not women. He says it's a matter of principle as a gentleman.

* NotSoDifferent: Philippe accuses Marcel of not being so different from him while they're talking in prison, and the pair do realize their many shared traits.
* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: Multiple times German troops and Milice are shown killing civilians in retaliation for Resistance attacks (or in once case, a resistance fighter along with his entire family).

* WouldntHitAGirl: Belancon, the Milice leader, will shoot innocent civilians, but not women. He says it's a matter of principle.

* AppealToForce: A lot of times German officials simply ignore French objections when they break the Armistice's terms, since there's nothing they can do about it as the Germans have the power.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Communists are at first hostile toward Suzanne given she's a Socialist, whose party they consider traitors. Begrudgingly they do accept her later, then believe she's spying on them and order that she be killed. [[spoiler:Marcel, who's tasked with this, helps her fake her death.]] Later, the Communists make common cause with the Gaullists for a united resistance front, but plan on taking over all other groups and then later France itself through doing so.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hortense finds Müller quite attractive and has an intermittent relationship with him. She even explains his appeal as being how cold and selfish he is. Even the fact he ''tortured'' Hortense at one point to coerce her husband into giving up information or related how he oversaw mass murders in the Soviet Union doesn't change her, which pushes this to it's greatest extreme.

* LonelyFuneral: Only Gustave, Daniel and Suzanne come to Marcel's funeral.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hortense finds Müller quite attractive and has an intermittent relationship with him. She even explains his appeal as being how cold and selfish he is. Even the fact he ''tortured'' Hortense at one point to coerce her husband into giving up information or related how he oversaw mass murders in the Soviet Union doesn't change her, which pushes this to it's greatest extreme.

* ShotAtDawn: The Germans arrest twenty random French civilians when some Communist resistance members kill a German officer. Daniel gets this down to ten, but can't do any more. They are shot by firing squad. Marcel and Philippe are also later shot this way.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hortense finds Müller quite attractive and has an intermittent relationship with him. She even explains his appeal as being how cold and selfish he is. Even the fact he ''tortured'' Hortense at one point to coerce her husband into giving up information or related how he oversaw mass murders in the Soviet Union doesn't change her, which pushes this to it's greatest extreme.

* WouldHurtAChild: In the first episode, a German fighter plane shoots at a group of French school children on a field trip with their teachers, killing and wounding several. However, they may have been mistaken for soldiers and this was accidental, it's never made clear. Later Milice leader Janvier orders his godson Alban to murder a resistance fighter's children. He does, reluctantly.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hortense finds Müller quite attractive and has an intermittent relationship with him. She even explains his appeal as being how cold and selfish he is. Even the fact he ''tortured'' Hortense at one point to coerce her husband into giving up information or related how he oversaw mass murders in the Soviet Union doesn't change her, which pushes this to it's greatest extreme.

* TokenReligiousTeammate: While other characters mention believing in God or otherwise holding religious beliefs, Lucienne is really the only one who's ''shown'' to be a believer, praying and confessing her sins.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hortense finds Müller quite attractive and has an intermittent relationship with him. She even explains his appeal as being how cold and selfish he is. Even the fact he ''tortured'' Hortense at one point to coerce her husband into giving up information or related how he oversaw mass murders in the Soviet Union doesn't change her, which pushes this to it's greatest extreme.

* TokenReligiousTeammate: While other characters mention believing in God or otherwise holding religious beliefs, Lucienne is really the only one who's ''shown'' to be, praying and confessing her sins.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hortense finds Müller quite attractive and has an intermittent relationship with him. She even explains his appeal as being how cold and selfish he is. Even the fact he ''tortured'' Hortense at one point to coerce her husband into giving up information or related how he oversaw mass murders in the Soviet Union doesn't change her, which pushes this to it's greatest extreme.

* BuryYourGays: Louis is killed before we even learn that he's gay, though he was only a bit character (and pretty unsympathetic to boot). His death does provide motivation for Jérôme, his lover, to swear revenge on his killer.

* MrsRobinson: Marie gets a lot of attention from Antoine, who's only a little older than her son Raoul. Raymond, his brother-in-law, is unhappy with this and discourages her from getting into a relationship with him. She curtails his interest by having sex with someone else where he can see them (who's ''also'' much younger than her). Most of her sexual partners though were not that young.

* WouldHurtAChild: In the first episode, a German fighter plane shoots at a group of French school children on a field trip with their teachers, killing and wounding several. However, they may have been mistaken for soldiers and this was accidental, it's never made clear.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hortense finds Müller quite attractive and has an intermittent relationship with him. She even explains his appeal as being how cold and selfish he is. Even the fact he ''tortured'' Hortense at one point to coerce her husband into giving up information or related how he oversaw mass murders in the Soviet Union doesn't change her, which pushes this to it's greatest extreme.

* CessationOfExistence: {{Discussed}} by Marcel and Philippe in prison.

* ShotAtDawn: The Germans arrest twenty random French civilians when Communist resistance members kill a German officer. Daniel gets this down to ten, but can't do any more. They are shot by firing squad.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hortense finds Müller quite attractive and has an intermittent relationship with him. She even explains his appeal as being how cold and selfish he is. Even the fact he ''tortured'' Hortense at one point to coerce her husband into giving up information or related how he oversaw mass murders in the Soviet Union doesn't change her, which pushes this to it's greatest extreme.

* LipstickLesbian: Marguerite, who's feminine as the next woman per 1940s French standards, it turns out is a lesbian, having a photo of her girlfriend under her pillow.

* WhatTheHellHero: After Marcel finds out that Daniel more or less kidnapped Tequiro from his birth father, he denounces his action (which no one before really knew about to condemn, aside from his partner in crime Hortense).

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hortense finds Müller quite attractive and has an intermittent relationship with him. She even explains his appeal as being how cold and selfish he is. Even the fact he ''tortured'' Hortense at one point to coerce her husband into giving up information or related how he oversaw mass murders in the Soviet Union doesn't change her, which pushes this to it's greatest extreme.

* ReallyGetsAround: Marie over the series has sex with a lot of people, including with men whom she barely knows, though she also had longer relationships too.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hortense finds Müller quite attractive and has an intermittent relationship with him. She even explains his appeal as being how cold and selfish he is. Even the fact he ''tortured'' Hortense at one point to coerce her husband into giving up information or related how he oversaw mass murders in the Soviet Union doesn't change her, which pushes this to it's greatest extreme.

* MrsRobinson: Marie gets a lot of attention from Antoine, who's only a little older than her son Raoul. Raymond, his brother-in-law, is unhappy with this and discourages her from getting into a relationship with him. She curtails his interest by having sex with someone else where he can see them.

** Marie is shown partly naked more than once after getting up from bed with Raymond.

* ReallyGetsAround: Marie has no hesitation having casual sex with men whom she barely knows, though she also had longer relationships too.

* ChummyCommies: The Communists are portrayed, if not wholly positively (they can be quite ruthless, and many rigidly follow the Party line even when it's misguided) at least somewhat sympathetically. However, many non-Communist characters dislike them greatly.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The series showcases attitudes common in 1940s France. For instance, many French people are antisemites, with officials happily helping strip Jews of their property and rights. Lucienne's father also thanks Jules for marrying her, because being a single mother would dishonor their family. Homosexuality is also viewed pretty negatively, with De Kervern initially suspecting Jérôme murdered his lover Louis because he asserts "crimes of passion are common among queers". A lot of men don't like taking orders from women either, or express disbelief when they find they're in positions of authority.

* NiceGuy: Jules is a cheerful, friendly man whose compassion drives him to help Lucienne by marrying her, join the Resistance and aid imprisoned Jews in escaping. Lucienne, who he marries, is also always very sweet. They fit well together.

* DrivenToSuicide: Mrs. Cohen killed herself after Judith (at the end of her rope too) said she couldn't see her daughter due to being "hysterical". Another Jewish couple also killed themselves after learning they would be going to Poland.

* NiceGuy: Jules is a cheerful, friendly man whose compassion drives him to help Lucienne by marrying her, join the Resistance and aid imprisoned Jews in escaping.