Histoire du caporal

Histoire du caporal (1984)


  • Genre: War, Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1984-01-01
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Production Company: France 3
  • Director: Jean Baronnet

Summary

A quiet French peasant has spent three years as a corporal on the front lines in World War I, and one day he cannot take it anymore and goes AWOL, escaping into the Alps in the southeast of France. He first takes leave of his wife before heading into the mountains and manages to survive in the breathtaking, vast landscape while using all the knowledge and wiles under his command. Even though the area around him is fairly isolated, another deserter arrives on the scene -- but he cannot take the solitude and leaves. As the peasant diligently works at his own survival, the police from the region know he is hiding out somewhere within their jurisdiction, and so his future is anything but secure. This subdued, pacifist film strives for distance rather than emotional involvement, so as to present a pacifist cause as reasonably as possible, but as a consequence, the routine of the deserter's existence verges on a grinding boredom.

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  • Philippe Nahoun

    as Antoine Combalat
  • Maurice Tuech

    as Caussanel
  • Christian Defleur

    as Déserteur
  • Catherine Reynet

    as Louise
  • Jacques Herlin

    as Le père
  • Paul Gobert

    as Le berger
  • Vincent Martin

    as Soldat
  • Pierre Deny

    as Soldat
  • Jean-Guillaume Le Dantec

    as Le commis-voyageur
  • Dominique Berger

    as Gendarme
Directing Jean Baronnet Director
Writing Jean Baronnet Writer
Production Humbert Balsan Producer
Production Jean-Pierre Mahot Producer
Camera Pierre Dupouey Director of Photography
Editing Jean Gargonne Editor
Art Jean-Pierre Bazerolle Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Laurence Schneider Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Evelyne Byot Makeup Artist
Sound Jonathan Liebling Foley Artist

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