Les héros sont fatigués

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Les héros sont fatigués
Directed by	Yves Ciampi
Screenplay by	Jean-Charles Tacchella
Story by	Christiane Garnier Yves Ciampi Jacques-Laurent Bost
Starring	Yves Montand Curt Jürgens
Cinematography	Henri Alekan
Edited by	Roger Dwyre
Music by	Louiguy
Release date	1955
Countries	France West Germany
Language	French

Les héros sont fatigués (English: Heroes and Sinners, released in the UK as The Heroes Are Tired) is a 1955 French-West German drama film directed by Yves Ciampi. For his performance Curt Jürgens was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 16th Venice International Film Festival.^[1]

Plot[]

In a country in Africa, a former French fighter pilot (Yves Montand) who became a bush pilot realises that he is smuggling a significant quantity of diamonds. He decides to sell them for his own benefit. Meanwhile the diamond owner gets a former German fighter pilot (Curt Jürgens) to recover them. The two men become friends when they discover that they fought in the same place. They drink together and relive the good times of the war where they were heroes.

Cast[]

• Yves Montand as Michel Rivière
• Curt Jürgens as Wolf Gerke
• María Félix as Manuella
• Jean Servais as François Séverin
• as Nina
• Gert Fröbe as Hermann
• as Olsen
• as Pépé
• as Rudi
• Gordon Heath as Sidney
• Gérard Oury as Villeterre
• Harry-Max as Harry-Max

References[]

External links[]

• Les héros sont fatigués at IMDb

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