Les Parias de la gloire
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Les parias de la gloire | |
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Directed by | Henri Decoin |
Written by | Henri Decoin |
Produced by | |
Starring | Maurice Ronet Curd Jürgens Folco Lulli |
Cinematography | |
Edited by | Charles Bretoneiche |
Music by | Giovanni Fusco |
Production companies | Films Marly Ocean Films Paris-France-Films Sagittario Film |
Distributed by | Gaumont |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Countries | France Italy Spain |
Language | French |
Les Parias de la Gloire English title Pariahs of Glory or Outcasts of Glory is a 1964 French/Italian/Spanish international co-production filmed in Spain. Directed and co-written by Henri Decoin, it is set during the First Indochina War and is based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Roger Delpey who also co-wrote the screenplay. Delpey served as an infantryman in the 151st Infantry Regiment from 1947–1949 in French Indochina then remained as a war correspondent writing four volumes of Soldats de Boue (Mud Soldiers).
Plot[]
During World War II a young Frenchmen sees his brother killed in Alsace by a German officer. He vows revenge on all Germans, but after the War he is conscripted into the French Army and sent to Indochina. There he meets his brother's killer under strange circumstances.
Cast[]
- Curd Jürgens ... Ludwig Goetz
- Maurice Ronet ... Ferrier
- Folco Lulli ... Blosky
- Roland Lesaffre ... La Coquille
- Germán Cobos ... Albertini
- ... Bertaux
- Tiny Yong ... Chinese girl
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External links[]
- 1964 films
- French-language films
- French films
- 1960s French-language films
- French war films
- First Indochina War films
- French black-and-white films
- Films based on French novels
- Films shot in Spain
- Films directed by Henri Decoin
- Films scored by Giovanni Fusco
- 1960s war films
- 1960s French film stubs