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Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion, 1h30
Directed by Bernard Borderie
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Comedy-drama
Themes French war films
Actors Christian Marquand, Paul Guers, Noëlle Adam, Véronique Verlhac, Renaud Mary, Yves Barsacq

Michel, devenu légionnaire parachutiste à la suite d'une dette de jeu et à un accident de camion, retrouve par hasard Françoise, la femme qu'il aimait, mariée avec un autre, Mangin, son patron qu'elle a épousé, lasse d'attendre son retour...
Taxi for Tobruk, 1h35
Directed by Denys de La Patellière
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Politique, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Hardy Krüger, Charles Aznavour, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud, Germán Cobos, Roland Ménard

Le film commence par une présentation de la nuit du réveillon de Noël 1941 et comment les divers personnages du film la fêtent :
J'ai huit ans, 10minutes
Directed by René Vautier, Yann Le Masson
Origin France
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Algerian War films, Histoire de France

Rescapés de la guerre d'Algérie et réfugiés dans des camps tunisiens, des enfants algériens témoignent, à partir de dessins qu'ils ont eux-mêmes réalisés, des événements tragiques qu'ils ont vécus. Projeté clandestinement, saisi dix-sept fois et censuré pendant douze ans, un film majeur sur la guerre d'Algérie.
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 Little Soldier, 1h24
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about terrorism, Algerian War films, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Michel Subor, Anna Karina, Henri-Jacques Huet, Jean-Luc Godard, László Szabó, Georges de Beauregard

During the Algerian War, Bruno Forestier lives in Geneva to escape the enlistment in France. Working for French intelligence, he is ordered to kill Palivoda, who is pro-FLN (National Liberation Front of Algeria), to prove he is not a double agent. Refusal and hesitation keep him from carrying out the assassination.
Without Trumpet or Drum, 1h30
Directed by Helmut Käutner
Origin German
Genres War, Comedy
Themes French war films, Political films
Actors Hardy Krüger, Jean Richard, Dany Carrel, Françoise Rosay, Theo Lingen, Helmut Käutner

After the Battle of Sedan during the Franco-Prussian War a pair of soldiers, one French and one German, become separated from their respective units. Taking shelter in a farmhouse, the two begin to bond despite their rivalry over a woman.
A People on the March, 55minutes
Directed by René Vautier, Ahmed Rachedi, André Dumaître
Origin Algerie
Genres War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about terrorism, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Algerian War films, Political films, Histoire de France

In 1962, René Vautier, together with some Algerian friends, organized an audiovisual formation center to encourage a "dialogue in images" between the two factions. A film was edited from that experience, but the French police partially destroyed it. The images that were saved represent an unprecedented historical document: They tell of the Algerian War and the history of the ALN (National Liberation Army), as well as showing life after the war and, particularly, the reconstruction of the cities and the countryside after the war of Independence.
The Gendarme of St. Tropez, 1h30
Directed by Jean Girault
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller
Themes French war films, Fiction sur la gendarmerie, Naturisme, La provence, Le thème des vacances, The Troops of St. Tropez
Actors Louis de Funès, Guy Grosso, Claude Piéplu, Geneviève Grad, Michel Galabru, Jean Lefebvre

Ludovic Cruchot (played by Louis de Funès), a gendarme in a small French village, has been re-assigned to the seaside commune of Saint-Tropez under the orders of command sergeant major Gerber (played by Michel Galabru).
The Gendarme in New York, 1h41
Directed by Jean Girault
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller
Themes French war films, Fiction sur la gendarmerie, La provence, The Troops of St. Tropez
Actors Louis de Funès, Geneviève Grad, Michel Galabru, Jean Lefebvre, Christian Marin, Mario Pisu

The gendarmes of St. Tropez are invited to New York City to a law enforcement conference. They are supposed to travel alone without spouses or children but Cruchot's daughter Nicole wants to go to New York as it may be her only chance. Cruchot forbids her to go because disobeying an order may hurt his career. As Cruchot travels to Le Havre by plane and train, Nicole gets a ride from her friend and sneaks onboard SS France and travels to America as a stowaway. During the journey Cruchot sees her hiding among the lifeboats but his captain convinces him that he is imagining things.
The Postman Goes to War, 1h35
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 Charles Aznavour, Jess Hahn, Michel Galabru, Pierre Mondy, Doudou Babet, Lucien Barjon

En 1954, un facteur parisien, lassé par son travail, part pour l'Indochine et se retrouve en pleine guerre.
The Hotheads, 1h26
Directed by Willy Rozier
Origin France
Genres Adventure
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, Algerian War films, Road movies, Histoire de France
Actors Jacques Dufilho, Philippe Clay, Estella Blain, Jacques Dynam, Roberto Camardiel, Doudou Babet

Au cours de la guerre d'Algérie, quatre hommes et deux femmes acceptent de convoyer pour le compte du Front de libération nationale algérien des camions à travers le désert.
The 17th Parallel, 1h53
Directed by Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Origin Vietnam
Genres War, Documentary
Themes French war films, Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films

En 1968, entre le Sud Viêt Nam sous contrôle de l'armée américaine et le Nord Viêt Nam en lutte pour l’indépendance, s'étend une zone démilitarisée autour du 17e parallèle. Joris Ivens et son épouse, Marceline Loridan, partent dans cette région autour du village de Vĩnh Linh pendant deux mois, afin de vivre parmi les paysans qui se sont réfugiés dans des caves pour tenter de survivre aux bombardements incessants de l'artillerie américaine.
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!, 2h4
Directed by Gérard Oury
Origin France
Genres War, Comedy, Adventure, Historical
Themes French war films, Military humor in film, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Motocyclette, Political films, Road movies, Buddy films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Terry-Thomas, André Bourvil, Louis de Funès, Mike Marshall, Helmuth Schneider, Claudio Brook

Summer 1941. Over Nazi-occupied France, a Royal Air Force B17 Flying Fortress becomes lost after a mission and is shot down over Paris by German flak. The crew, Sir Reginald, Peter Cunningham and Alan MacIntosh, parachute out over the city, where they run into and are hidden by a house painter, Augustin Bouvet, and the grumbling conductor of the Opéra National de Paris, Stanislas Lefort. Involuntarily, Lefort and Bouvet get themselves tangled up in the manhunt against the aviators led by Wehrmacht Major Achbach as they help the airmen to escape to the free zone with the help of Resistance fighters and sympathisers.
Hassan Terro, 1h30
Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
Origin Algerie
Genres War, Comedy, Adventure, Historical
Themes French war films, La colonisation française, Algerian War films, Histoire de France
Actors Rouiched, Keltoum, Hassan El-Hassani, Larbi Zekkal, Bernard Verley, Sid Ali Kouiret

Alors qu’il tente par tous les moyens de rester en dehors des bouleversements sanglants provoqués par la bataille d’Alger, Hassan, père de famille intègre et naïf, offre sans le savoir, l’hospitalité à un moudjahid activement recherché par l’armée française.
The Tattoo
The Tattoo (1968)
, 1h25
Directed by Denys de La Patellière
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes French war films
Actors Jean Gabin, Louis de Funès, Paul Mercey, Yves Barsacq, Joe Warfield, Lyne Chardonnet

In an artist’s studio, rich Parisian art dealer Félicien Mézeray sees the old soldier Legrain, whose back has a tattoo by Modigliani. This he sells unseen to two American dealers and the rest of the film revolves around his efforts to literally get the skin off Legrain’s back. The price Legrain wants is the restoration of his old family home in the country, which turns out to be the huge crumbling castle of Paluel in remote Périgord, while he turns out to be the last and extremely eccentric Count of Montignac.