In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.
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14 people
Gérard Depardieu
Charles Saganne
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Philippe Noiret
Dubreuilh
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Catherine Deneuve
Louise
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Sophie Marceau
Madeleine
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Braveheart
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Michel Duchaussoy
Baculard
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Les Misérables
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Jean-Laurent Cochet
Bertozza
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Vulpi
Known for
The Count of Monte Cristo
Les Misérables
Jean-Louis Richard
Flammarin
Known for
Les Misérables
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Robin Renucci
Hazan
Known for
The Dreamers
Leonardo
Sophie Grimaldi
Mère de Madeleine
Known for
Christine
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Hippolyte Girardot
Courette
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Irma Vep
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Saïd Amadis
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Alain Corneau Director · Louis Gardel Screenplay Henri de Turenne Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Alain Corneau
Screenplay Author
Louis Gardel
Screenplay
Henri de Turenne
Composer
Philippe Sarde
Cinematographer
Bruno Nuytten
Editor
Robert Lawrence
Editor
Thierry Derocles
Production designer Costume designer
Veniero Colasanti
Costume designer
Rosine Delamare
Costume designer
Corinne Jorry
Worldwide gross $13M · Budget $6M · First release May 11, 1984
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$13,000,000
Gross vs. budget
2.2×
Production
SFP
Production
Albina Productions
Production
Films A2
Production
Albina Productions S.a.r.l.
Production
Société Française de Production (SFP)
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 11, 1984
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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