''Les héros sont fatigués'' ( en, Heroes and Sinners, released in the UK as ''The Heroes Are Tired'') is a 1955 French-West German
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Yves Ciampi
Yves Ciampi (; 9 February 1921 – 5 November 1982) was a French film director. He was married to Japanese actress Kishi Keiko from 1957 to 1975. His 1965 film '' Heaven on One's Head'' was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Fest ...
. For his performance
Curt Jürgens was awarded the
Volpi Cup for Best Actor
The Volpi Cup for Best Actor ( it, Coppa Volpi per la migliore interpretazione maschile) is the principal award given to actors at the Venice Film Festival and is named in honor of Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata, the founder of the Venice Film ...
at the
16th Venice International Film Festival.
Plot
In a country in Africa, a former French fighter pilot (Yves Montand) who became a bush pilot realises that he is smuggling a significant quantity of diamonds. He decides to sell them for his own benefit. Meanwhile the diamond owner gets a former German fighter pilot (Curt Jürgens) to recover them. The two men become friends when they discover that they fought in the same place. They drink together and relive the good times of the war where they were heroes.
Cast
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Yves Montand
Ivo Livi (), better known as Yves Montand (; 13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991), was an Italian-French actor and singer.
Early life
Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer, Ivo held stron ...
as Michel Rivière
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Curt Jürgens as Wolf Gerke
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María Félix
María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña (; 8 April 1914 – 8 April 2002) was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and ...
as Manuella
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Jean Servais
Jean Servais (; 24 September 1910 – 17 February 1976) was a Belgian film and stage actor. He acted in many 20th century French cinema productions, from the 1930s through the early 1970s.
He was married to Gilberte Graillot, and later act ...
as François Séverin
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Elisabeth Manet as Nina
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Gert Fröbe as Hermann
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Hans Verner as Olsen
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Manolo Montez as Pépé
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Rudy Castell as Rudi
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Gordon Heath
Gordon Heath (September 20, 1918 – August 27, 1991) was an American actor and musician who narrated the animated feature film ''Animal Farm'' (1954) and appeared in the title role of ''The Emperor Jones'' (1953) and ''Othello'' (1955), both l ...
as Sidney
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Gérard Oury as Villeterre
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Harry-Max as Harry-Max
References
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1955 films
1950s adventure drama films
French adventure drama films
Films directed by Yves Ciampi
Films set in Africa
1955 drama films
German adventure drama films
French black-and-white films
German black-and-white films
1950s French films
1950s German films
1950s French-language films
French-language German films
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