''Sergeant X'' (French: ''Sergent X'') is a 1960 French
drama film directed by
Bernard Borderie and starring
Noëlle Adam
Noelle or Noëlle is the feminine form of the gender neutral name Noel. It derives from the old French Noël, "Christmas," a variant (and later a replacement) of nael, which itself derives from the Latin natalis, "birthday". Other nicknames a ...
,
Christian Marquand and
Paul Guers. It is a remake of the 1932
film of the same title. It was made in the style of a traditional Foreign Legion film with little acknowledgement of the ongoing
Algerian War
The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution or the Algerian War of Independence,( ar, الثورة الجزائرية '; '' ber, Tagrawla Tadzayrit''; french: Guerre d'Algérie or ') and sometimes in Algeria as the War of 1 November ...
.
[Bedjaoui p.112]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
René Moulaert.
Synopsis
After becoming involved in a track accident in
North Africa, a former
paratrooper returns home to find his girlfriend believes him dead and
has married another man. He enlists in the
French Foreign Legion.
Cast
*
Noëlle Adam
Noelle or Noëlle is the feminine form of the gender neutral name Noel. It derives from the old French Noël, "Christmas," a variant (and later a replacement) of nael, which itself derives from the Latin natalis, "birthday". Other nicknames a ...
as Françoise Renaud
*
Christian Marquand as Michel Rousseau
*
Paul Guers as Henri Mangin
*
Guy Mairesse
Guy Mairesse (10 August 1910 – 24 April 1954) was a French racing driver. He participated in three Formula One World Championship ''Grands Prix'', debuting on 3 September 1950. He scored no championship points.
Mairesse built a haulag ...
as Serge
*
Renaud Mary as Capt. Robert
*
Lutz Gabor
Lutz is a surname and given name, occasionally a short form of Ludwig. People with the name include:
Surname
*Adolfo Lutz (1855–1940), Brazilian physician
* Aleda E. Lutz (1915–1944), American Army flight nurse
*Alois Lutz, Austrian figure ...
as Willy
*
Daniel Cauchy as Fred
*
Yves Barsacq as Le médecin
References
Bibliography
* Bedjaoui, Ahmed. ''Cinema and the Algerian War of Independence: Culture, Politics, and Society''. Springer Nature, 2020.
External links
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1960 films
French drama films
1960 drama films
1960s French-language films
Films directed by Bernard Borderie
Remakes of French films
Films about the French Foreign Legion
1960s French films
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