Top billed cast

1. 

   Michel Subor

   Bruno Forestier

2. 

   Anna Karina

   Veronica Dreyer

3. 

   Henri-Jacques Huet

   Jacques

4. 

   Paul Beauvais

   Paul

5. 

   László Szabó

   Laszlo

6. 

   Georges de Beauregard

   Activist Leader (uncredited)

7. 

   Gilbert Edard

   (uncredited)

8. 

   Jean-Luc Godard

   Man at Railway Station (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CRCulver

Written by CRCulver on 2018-08-26

Shot in 1960, but banned until 1963 due to its frank treatment of French torture of Algerian separatists, Jean-Luc Godard's Le petit soldat is a political thriller mixed with a love story. Bruno (Michel Subor) is a French agent in Geneva, fighting a secret war against Arab spies supporting the Algerian cause. Tired of his superiors' demands that he assassinate another agent to prove his loyalty, he dreams of escaping to Brazil with the lovely Danish young lady Veronica (Anna Karina). Will they make it or not?

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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$180,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• algeria
• french colonialism
• algerian war (1954-62)
• djazair
• anti-imperialism