A remake and rewriting by director Bernard Borderie and scripters of a well-made 1932 film, this routine French drama seems a little outdated. The story has changed from a Russian officer who returns home from the war to find his wife has remarried, to a former paratrooper who tries to drive a stolen truck back from Morocco and suffers an accident -- and the same fate as the Russian. As a result of his injuries and the subsequent delay, the ex-military man is unable to get home as scheduled, and the woman he loves decides that he has left her. Once she "realizes" that supposed truth, she decides to marry her boss. As in the earlier film, one of the protagonists ends up in the French Foreign Legion and all three head toward a fateful meeting in a North African desert.
Bernard Borderie
Director
Noëlle Adam
Françoise Renaud
Christian Marquand
Michel Rousseau
Paul Guers
Henri Mangin
Guy Mairesse
Serge
Renaud Mary
Capt. Robert
Lutz Gabor
Willy
Daniel Cauchy
Fred
Yves Barsacq
The doctor
Joëlle Bernard
Girl
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Waiting for Anya62%
Syngué Sabour - Pierre de patience70%
Les Croix de bois70%
Behold a Pale Horse60%
Elle s'appelait Sarah72%
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell68%
Jeanne60%
Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines60%
Cast a Giant Shadow63%
The Kill Team65%
Chouans !58%
Ararat61%
Stop-Loss61%
The Last Rifleman66%
The Beast70%
The One That Got Away68%
Sahara64%
Battleground67%
La Vingt-cinquième Heure77%
