If you are going to enjoy this second part,more than ever ,your disbelief must be suspended ; consider it a comic strip, do not ask for historical accuracy and it' s allright.
The second part is no longer a spy thriller,but one of the first countless movies dealing with resistance fighting :if you want to see a good movie about the subject,take Henri Calef's "Jericho" (1945) which,long before "Lacombe Lucien" (1973) ,while praising the fighters' bravery, showed that all the French people were not resistant fighters.
One learns in this second part why spy Emma hates commissaire Fabrier :it's not really anti -patriotism ,in the past ,he did something she seeks revenge on.
Commissaire Fabrier and his men effortlessly succeed : the scene in the railway station is a pushover ;it verges on parody ,but the stammerer railroad man steals the show, his scene with an oafish German officer is worth the price of admission; oddly ,the messages from London are not always coded ; most of the action consists of taking the fighters prisoners ,then finding a way of freeing them : the chef 's escape is done with remarkable ease; he's led to a car with a false German officer ,lo and behold, he's free !A wicked officer asks one million francs to the noble mother to release her heroic daughter !
Even highly talented Pierre Renoir becomes ridiculous in his last scene ;to crown it ,not a single word in German is heard during a 105 min movie.
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