The Froment family of Montmartre, France from the Franco-Prussian war of 1871 to Nazi occupation in World War II
Conquering Germans throw their weight around in occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, while French nobles kiss their posteriors
Story of the Paris Commune of 1871, which briefly ruled France; semi-documentary (so I have just a little summary of the film's start)
Franco-Prussian War; a fellow sells his low draft lottery number and takes the place of the son of a rich man
In 1883 France, sculptor Auguste Rodin meets sculptress Camille Claudel and they begin a relationship