''Sergeant X'' (French: ''Le sergent X'') is a 1932 French drama film directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky and starring

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and Jean Angelo.Crisp p.394 The film's sets were designed by the

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and

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. Many of those involved with the film's production were Russian emigrants. It was remade under the same title in 1960.

Synopsis

An army officer returns home after being believed dead, only to find that his wife has remarried. In order to spare her feelings he enlists in the French Foreign Legion to serve in North Africa.

Cast

as Jean Renault *

as Olga * Jean Angelo as Chardin *

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as Djanni *

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as Christophe * Léon Courtois as Grégoire * Nicole de Rouves as Jeanne *

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as Georges *

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as Truzzi *

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as Schwartz * Tukchtiaeff as Shika

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

* 1932 films French drama films 1932 drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky Films about the French Foreign Legion Films set in Africa 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub