''The Wall'' (french: Le Mur) is a 1967 French

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 Serge Roullet and based on the short story of the same name by

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lit ...

, who also wrote the dialogue for the film. It was entered into the

17th Berlin International Film Festival The 17th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June – 4 July 1967. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Belgian film '' Le départ'' directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. Jury The following people were announced as being on the ju ...

Plot

During the

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, three men are arrested and imprisoned by

General Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 193 ...

's troops. Pablo is a worker and an associate of the anarchist leader Ramón, who is in hiding; Tom is an English member of the International Brigades; and Juan, still a teenager, is the innocent brother of a militant. Sentenced to death, they spend their last night together in a cell. A Belgian doctor is sent to watch over them, but they reject all companionship with him. At dawn the boy and the Englishman are taken out and shot, while Pablo is sent for further interrogation. Given 15 minutes to say where Ramón is or be shot, he decides to buy himself time by giving an absurd answer. He says Ramón is hiding in the cemetery, and a squad of soldiers rushes off to comb the place. Shortly after, some newly arrested men come in, one of whom knows Pablo. He tells Pablo the sad news: that Ramón broke cover and has just been arrested after taking refuge in a gravediggers' hut.

Cast

* Michel del Castillo as Pablo * Denis Mahaffey as Tom * Matthieu Klossowski as Juan * Anna Pacheco as Concha * René Darmon as Ramón * Bernard Anglade as The Doctor *

Jorge Lavelli Jorge Lavelli (born 1932, Buenos Aires) is a French theater and opera director of Italian ethnicity and Argentine origin. The son of Italian immigrants in Argentina, Lavelli has lived in France since the early 1960s. He became a French citizen in ...

as Officer

References

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* 1967 films 1960s French-language films 1967 drama films French black-and-white films Films directed by Serge Roullet Films based on short fiction French drama films 1960s French films {{1960s-France-film-stub