''Kiss Me General'' (original title: ''Martin Soldat'') is a 1966

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directed by

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and starring Robert Hirsch, Véronique Vendell, Walter Rilla, Marlène Jobert and

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. An actor disguises himself as a soldier during the

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, but is mistaken for a soldier and becomes a war hero during the Allied Liberation of France in 1944.BFI.org
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Cast

* Robert Hirsch - Martin * Véronique Vendell - Zouzou * Walter Rilla - Général von Haffelrats * Marlène Jobert - La résistante *

- Major * Reinhard Kolldehoff - Le chef de la Gestapo * Paul-Emile Deiber - Le général de Lamarzelle * Adrien Cayla-Legrand - Charles De Gaulle.

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* 1966 films 1966 comedy films French comedy films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Michel Deville Western Front of World War II films Cultural depictions of Charles de Gaulle 1960s French films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub