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Films with theme "French war films", sorted by revenue
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, 1h25Directed by Marty Feldman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes French war films
Actors Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret, Avery Schreiber, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones
Spoofing the classic Beau Geste and a number of other desert motion pictures, the film's plotline revolves around the heroic Beau Geste and his brother Digby's misadventures in the French Foreign legion out in the Sahara, and the disappearance of the family sapphire, sought after by their money-hungry stepmother.
The Medic (1979)
, 1h30Directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre, Denys Granier-Deferre
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes French war films, Films set in the future
Actors Alain Delon, Véronique Jannot, Bernard Giraudeau, Francine Bergé, Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Bacri
The film is set in a modern war, probably between a European country and a country in the Far East. Behind the battle lines, in a medical unit, a surgeon falls in love with an idealistic nurse after an initially difficult meeting.
The Little Wars (1982)
, 1h48Directed by Maroun Bagdadi
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Themes French war films, Political films
Au Liban en 1975, le père de Tolal est enlevé par des inconnus. Il doit alors assumer le rôle de chef de clan.
Goodbye, Bonaparte (1985)
, 1h55Directed by Youssef Chahine
Origin Egypte
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films
Actors Patrice Chéreau, Michel Piccoli, Tahia Carioca, Gamil Ratib, Hoda Soltane, Salah Zulfikar
En 1798, Bonaparte envahit l’Égypte et se pose en libérateur face à l’oppression turque. Il est accompagné du général Caffarelli, homme de cœur et d’esprit, qui se lie d’amitié avec deux jeunes Égyptiens. Au fur et à mesure, Bonaparte se révèle un conquérant sans scrupules et la résistance s’organise. Le général Caffarelli et ses deux disciples en feront partie.
Field of Honor (1987)
, 1h27Directed by Jean-Pierre Denis
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes French war films, Political films
Actors Cris Campion, Pascale Rocard, André Wilms
Guerre franco-prussienne de 1870
Colonel Chabert (1994)
, 1h50Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes French war films, Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini, Éric Elmosnino, André Dussollier, Daniel Prévost
Paris, février 1817, trois ans après la chute de l'Empire, l'avoué Derville reçoit la visite d'un vieillard misérablement vêtu. Il assure être le colonel Chabert, laissé pour mort, à la bataille d'Eylau en 1807. Il avait alors contribué à la victoire en conduisant une charge de cavalerie devenue célèbre.
Captain Conan (1996)
, 2h10Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Themes French war films, Political films
Actors Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Claude Rich, Bernard Le Coq, François Berléand, Cécile Vassort
In the French infantry on the Macedonian Front during the First World War, Conan, an officer of the élite Chasseurs Alpins, is the charismatic leader of a special squad, many from military prisons, who raid enemy lines at night taking no prisoners. Despising career soldiers, his only friend is the young academic Norbert.
Operation Leopard (1980)
, 1h36Directed by Raoul Coutard
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Political films
Actors Bruno Cremer, Mimsy Farmer, Jacques Perrin, Giuliano Gemma, Laurent Malet, Pierre Vaneck
The film is based on true events: In 1978 approximately 3000 heavily armed fighters from Katanga crossed the border to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and marched into Kolwezi, a mining centre for copper and cobalt. They took 3000 civilians as hostages. Within a few days between 90 and 280 hostages were killed. The rebels appeared to be unpredictable and are reported to have threatened to annihilate all civilians. The Congo's head of state Mobutu urged Belgium, France and the USA to help. France sent the Foreign Legion's 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment who were flown from Corsica to Kolwezi. Following their arrival they secured the perimeter in cooperation with Belgian soldiers from Zaire and then started to evacuate the civilists. Within two days more than 2000 Europeans and about 3000 African citizens were saved. The film strives to depict these events in a dramatised form, concentrating on the Europeans' plight.
A Captain's Honor (1982)
, 1h57Directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about terrorism, Algerian War films, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Nicole Garcia, Jacques Perrin, Georges Wilson, Charles Denner, Claude Jade, Georges Marchal
A courtroom-drama about a dead Captain whose memory is publicly accused by a historian on TV, twenty years after his death. The story follows his widow's struggle to prove that he was not a murderer and did not practise torture while he was leading a ground unit during the Algerian war.
Legionnaire (1998)
, 1h39Directed by Peter MacDonald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La provence, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff, Nicholas Farrell, Jim Carter, Ana Sofrenović
Alain Lefevre (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a French boxer in 1920s Marseille, France. Alain is forced by local crime boss Lucien Galgani (Jim Carter) to take a dive in a fight. Galgani's girlfriend Katrina (Ana Sofrenovic) is also Alain's ex-fiancée whom he left standing at the altar. But Katrina forgives Alain, and the two hatch a plan to run off to America together.
Life and Nothing But (1989)
, 2h15Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Themes French war films, Political films
Actors Philippe Noiret, Sabine Azéma, Maurice Barrier, Pascale Vignal, Jean-Pol Dubois, François Perrot
Set in October 1920, it tells the story of Major Dellaplane, a man whose job is to find the identities of unknown dead soldiers after World War I. Dellaplane forms a relationship with a woman who is looking for her missing husband, but a dilemma begins when he learns that her husband may still be alive. The movie is a sensitive examination of the deep psychological scars left behind by the Great War, clear of sentiment yet with delicately nuanced irony.
Savior (1998)
, 1h43Directed by Predrag Antonijević
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes French war films, Transport films, Political films, Road movies
Actors Dennis Quaid, Stellan Skarsgård, Nastassja Kinski, Nataša Ninković, Sergej Trifunović, Nebojša Glogovac
Joshua Rose (Dennis Quaid), a State Department Official on embassy duty in Paris, sees his wife (Nastassja Kinski) and son killed in a bombing by suspected Islamic terrorists. Immediately after the family funeral he storms into a nearby mosque and shoots several worshipers. His friend Peter (Stellan Skarsgård) is forced to shoot one of the survivors when the man tries to kill Rose, and in order to avoid arrest they join the French Foreign Legion, with Joshua taking the name Guy.
The Gate of the Sun (2004)
, 4h38Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes French war films
Actors Hiam Abbass, Darina Al Joundi, Béatrice Dalle, Orwa Nyrabia
La puissante adaptation de Yousry Nasrallah du roman de l'écrivain libanais Elias Khoury, relatant cinquante années de dépossession, d'exil et de résistance du peuple palestinien. Le film montre la fuite de Younes, de sa femme Nahila et de leur entourage, depuis leur village du nord de la Palestine jusqu'à un camp de réfugiés au Liban. Certains s'engagent à continuer la lutte, alors que la plupart tente simplement de survivre. En y détaillant l'impact de la nakba (désastre) sur la société palestinienne et les relations souvent conflictuelles des réfugiés avec des hôtes libanais réticents, La porte du soleil s'étend sur plusieurs générations, mêlant des histoires personnelles à des événements historiques.
Verdun: Visions of History (1928)
, 2h31Directed by Léon Poirier
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Historical
Themes French war films, Political films
Actors Albert Préjean, Suzanne Bianchetti, Jeanne Marie-Laurent, Maurice Schutz, Hans Brausewetter, Thomy Bourdelle
Le film retrace la bataille de Verdun qui s'est déroulée en 1916 lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. C'est autant un documentaire qu'une œuvre de fiction.
Fleur de lotus (1988)
, 1h45Directed by Amar Laskri
Origin Algerie
Genres Drama, War
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Politique, Algerian War films, Political films, Histoire de France
C'est un film de fiction historique : Dans l'Algérie coloniale, un indigène s'engage dans l'armée française après que des colons ont assassiné les siens le jour de son mariage. Il est muté par la suite en Indochine.