 Their default was to pretend normality, while Europe suffered under the Nazi German occupation.In 1943, André Andrejew worked as a production designer on "Le Corbeau", a thriller by Henri-Georges Clouzot.This anti-authoritarian film became very controversial during the occupation, when it was seen as indirectly attacking the Nazi system, and censored; yet after the liberation of France in August 1944, "Le Corbeau" was perceived as being made by collaborators, and it was rumored to have been released in Germany as Nazi anti-French propaganda, when in fact it was suppressed by the Germans.