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The Assault, 1h30
Directed by Julien Leclercq
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Fiction sur la gendarmerie, Films about religion, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about Islam, Dans un avion, Films about hijackings
Actors Vincent Elbaz, Grégori Derangère, Mélanie Bernier, Aymen Saïdi, Marie Guillard, Philippe Bas

En décembre 1994, quatre terroristes du Groupe islamique armé (GIA) prennent en otage le vol 8969 d'Air France à l’aéroport d'Alger - Houari-Boumédiène, avec 227 personnes présentes à bord. Les terroristes revendiquent la libération de leurs camarades d’armes et exigent le décollage immédiat de l’avion. Ce n’est cependant qu’après de longues négociations diplomatiques tendues entre les gouvernements français et algérien et l’exécution de trois passagers que l’avion quitte Alger et atterrit à l’aéroport Marseille-Provence.
The Vultures, 1h35
Directed by Henri Verneuil
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes French war films, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Constantin, Marie Laforêt, Michel Creton, Jacques Villeret, François Perrot

In French Tunisia, during the Second World War, a convoy of the French Foreign Legion is charged to recover gold bars of six billion francs from a bank in El Ksour in order to bring them into a safe place for the French government.
Ten Tall Men, 1h33
Directed by Willis Goldbeck
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Themes French war films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Jody Lawrance, Gerald Mohr, Gilbert Roland, Kieron Moore, George Tobias

After capturing an important Rif prisoner in an undercover operation, Sergeant Mike Kincaid (Lancaster) is imprisoned himself for striking a lieutenant (Stephen Bekassy) who beats a French woman (Mari Blanchard) with his riding crop for preferring Kincaid to him. Kincaid has a longstanding rivalry with the lieutenant, but the lieutenant is now in command of the company holding the city of Tarfa while the regiment is away. As the ranking officer, the lieutenant uses Kincaid's striking of him to get his revenge.
The Red Collar, 1h23
Directed by Jean Becker
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, French war films, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors François Cluzet, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Sophie Verbeeck, Jean-Quentin Châtelain, Patrick Descamps, Maurane

En été 1919, Jacques Morlac, un héros de la Première Guerre mondiale pourtant emprisonné, raconte son parcours au juge militaire chargé de son procès. Il débute par son engagement dans la Première Guerre mondiale, durant laquelle il est accompagné du chien de sa compagne, jusqu'à son arrestation le jour de la fête nationale, où il crée un scandale.
Madame
Madame (1961)
, 1h38
Directed by Christian-Jaque
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes French war films, Political films, Films based on plays, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Sophia Loren, Robert Hossein, Julien Bertheau, Gianrico Tedeschi, Renaud Mary, Marina Berti

Catherine est lingère durant la Révolution. Elle fournit un jeune lieutenant, désargenté, qui oublie de la payer. Elle est courtisée par un sous-officier, le sergent Lefebvre, mais elle est soucieuse de sa réputation... Le 10 août 1792, durant les émeutes parisiennes, c´est dans sa cour que le canon est tiré, vers les Tuileries. Puis, elle suivra son mari, le sergent Lefebvre, épousé entre deux campagnes napoléoniennes, dans ses pérégrinations militaires.
The Last Remake of Beau Geste, 1h25
Directed 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.
Outpost in Indo-china, 1h25
Directed by Léo Joannon
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Politique, La guerre d'Indochine, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Jacques Harden, Jean Rochefort, Alain Saury, Léo Joannon, Raymond Borderie, Foun-Sen

Le film Fort du fou narre, non sans nostalgie pour la période coloniale, l'abandon - durant la guerre d'Indochine - de réfugiés tonkinois catholiques par une armée française impuissante.
Outpost in Indo-china, 1h25
Directed by Léo Joannon
Origin France
Genres Drama, War
Themes French war films, Political films
Actors Jean Rochefort, Alain Saury, Jacques Harden, Foun-Sen, Michel Charrel

Pendant la guerre d'Indochine, le commandant d'un fort est victime de la propagande ennemie qui révèle son mariage secret avec une vietnamienne et la prétendue infidélité de celle-ci avec un officier français.
Fun in the Barracks, 1h21
Directed by Jacques Tourneur, Henri Lepage, Maurice Tourneur
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes French war films, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Fernandel, Raimu, Jean Gabin, Henry Roussel, Charles Camus, Pierre Dac

The film is set in 1885. It focuses on a group of troops, a mix of regulars and reservists, and their different responses to the daily military routines. A crisis emerges when a General pays a visit while two deserters are still absent.
The Desert Song, 1h30
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning, Bruce Cabot, Lynne Overman, Gene Lockhart, Faye Emerson

Paul Hudson, qui mène un groupe de bandits dans le désert contre plusieurs nazis, veut les utiliser comme employés pour son entreprise de chemin de fer.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin, 2h11
Directed by John Madden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes French war films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, David Morrissey, Irène Papas

The bucolic beauty of Greece's Ionian islands has been invaded by Italy, bringing a large Italian garrison and a few Germans to the tranquil island of Cephallonia, which immediately surrenders. Captain Antonio Corelli, a Greek-speaking officer of the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division with an irrepressibly jovial personality and a passion for the mandolin, and who trains his battery of men – who have never fired a shot – in choral singing, initially alienates a number of the villagers, including Pelagia. The daughter of the village doctor, Pelagia, is an educated and strong-willed woman, and while at first offended by the Italian soldier's behaviour, she slowly warms to his certain charm as they are forced to share her father's home when the doctor agrees to put him up in exchange for medical supplies.
Flesh and the Woman, 1h40
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films
Actors Gina Lollobrigida, Jean-Claude Pascal, Arletty, Raymond Pellegrin, Peter van Eyck, Jean Temerson

After an affair with a young woman named Sylvia the Frenchman Pierre Martel leaves Paris and goes to Algeria because he wants to start over. His wife refuses to follow him. Dismayed about all this he decides to join the French Foreign Legion. As a soldier he runs into a look-alike of Sylvia.
Charlie Bravo, 1h45
Directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert
Origin France
Genres War
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Politique, La guerre d'Indochine, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Bruno Pradal, Jean-François Poron, Karine Verlier, Gérard Boucaron, Jean-Yves Gautier, Stéphane Gildas

À quelques jours de la fin de la guerre d'Indochine, un commando de treize parachutistes, avec à sa tête le lieutenant Brissac, est largué sur le village vietnamien de Quinh Quang où une infirmière — Catherine Fournier — est retenue prisonnière. Ils la délivrent et font retraite vers leur base — à vingt jours de marche de là — après avoir détruit le village et tué ses habitants. La nuit suivante, un des paras est abattu.
Women Everywhere, 1h22
Directed by Edwin L. Marin, Alexander Korda
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes French war films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Fifi D'Orsay, George Grossmith, Jr., Clyde Wilfred Cook, Rose Dione, Walter McGrail, Harry Cording

Charlie Jackson, un trafiquant qui fournit des armes aux rebelles marocains, s'amourache de la chanteuse de cabaret Lili La Fleur. Arrêté, il est escorté par la police à travers les rues de Casablanca, il arrive à s'évader et se retrouve dans la loge de Lili. Elle le cache en le faisant passer pour un chanteur et l'aide à préparer son évasion. Pris alors qu'il porte un uniforme de la Légion étrangère, il est envoyé dans le désert pour combattre les Arabes. Il reviendra en héros et gagnera l'admiration et l'affection de Lili.