French/German relations

I have a movie around the house somewhere that probably sums up the northern France attitude toward the Germans. I just looked for it and never found it. It's called "Hell is for Hero's". Steve McQueen is a US infantryman in France defending a weak front against the Germans. I believe it may be just before the Battle of the bulge. Or not. Any way, as thin as the defence is in this sector, the rebel McQueen slinks away from the front line to a nearby village to a small french cafe ( We really lost a great one when Steve passed away). He goes up to the comely lass and orders some booze, probably whiskey, which probably no cafe in the occupied zone had. Brandy, Schnapps and vodka maybe. Any way when she gives him the drink, he answers "Danke shon", to which she replies "Bitter shon" and then realizes her mistake. Steve gives her a harrowing stare and says something in the line of
'you will sell this swill Ukranian whiskey to anyone, as long as you make a profit". Of course being 20 kms from the German border and about a billion miles away from America never entered Steve's mind. He was lucky that the french maid didn't stub her cigarette into his eye socket.
Feck I just looked for this movie, and have come to the conclusion that I probably had it in VHS and binned it in Chalk River before the move down here. I will have to order it in DVD, it is a good movie... with Steve, and James Coburn and Bob Newhart in his first movie role.
Any way, I think my point here is the french are like good female friends that you are not boinking, good to have around in a party, but fecking scarce in a fight.