Synopsis
The last days of World War I, Eastern front. Captain Conan, a lone wolf, a true warrior, leads a band of ruthless French fighters who love hand-to-hand combat; they are not fit for peacetime, they only feel really alive in the chaos of the battlefield.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
94 audience votes
Key crew
- Oswald d'AndréaOriginal Music Composer
- Bertrand TavernierDirector
- Bertrand TavernierScreenplay
- Jean CosmosScreenplay
Cast
- Philippe TorretonCaptain Conan
- Samuel Le BihanNorbert
- Bernard Le CoqLieutenant De Scève
- Catherine RichMadeleine Erlane
- François BerléandCommander Bouvier
- Claude RichGeneral Pitard de Lauzier
- André FalconColonel Voirin
- Claude BrossetPère Dubreuil
- Crina MureșanIlyana
- Cécile VassortGeorgette
- François LevantalForgeol
- Pierre ValJean Erlane
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookworld war ibulgariabattlefieldbucharest, romaniarussian revolution (1917)army scoutfrench army