''No Man's Land'' (it. ''Un branco di vigliacchi/Fr. Bande de lâches; lit.'' A Bunch of Cowards'')'' is a black-and-white 1962 Italian-French war film directed by Fabrizio Taglioni, and starring
Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 192723 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray fictional British secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in seven feature films between 19 ...
and
Pascale Petit.
The film was written by Taglioni and produced by
Enrico Bomba.
Plot
Release
The film was released in Italy in 1962 and in 1963 in France.
Production
In his autobiography,
Moore explains about his role in
''Romulus and the Sabines'' (1961 film): "Eventually I did get paid but only, I suspect, because
Bomba wanted to offer me a second picture, ''No Man's Land''."
Reception
The film received the award for the Best foreign film at the
Moscow Film Festival in 1963.
An Italian contemporary review recalls that the story is loosely based on Maupassant's "
Boule de Suif'.
References
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1960s Italian films
1960s French films
1962 films
Italian war films
Films based on Boule de Suif