The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 73% of the 792 1960s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Metacritic97/100
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
187 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Luc GodardDirector
- Jean-Luc GodardWriter
- Maurice Le RouxOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michel SuborBruno Forestier
- Anna KarinaVeronica Dreyer
- Henri-Jacques HuetJacques
- Paul BeauvaisPaul
- László SzabóLaszlo
- Georges de BeauregardActivist Leader (uncredited)
- Gilbert Edard(uncredited)
- Jean-Luc GodardMan at Railway Station (uncredited)
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Themes
algeriafrench colonialismalgerian war (1954-62)djazairanti-imperialism
The Best Movies of 1963
Le Petit Soldat is #17 of 60
