Synopsis
In 1956, French soldiers in the Algerian war not only fight against the rebelling natives of that country, but fight an equally brutal battle among themselves. Three young army misfits are assigned to a brutal "disciplinary company" during the conflict. When the "discipline" becomes too harsh for him to bear, one of the soldiers kills two of his tormentors...
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (29)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Transinter Films, Tana
- Foreign production company : Sancrosiap
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique (CFDC)
Full credits (16)
- Assistant Director : Claude Othnin-Girard
- Foreign Producer : Tarak Ben Ammar
- Dialogue Writer : Claude Veillot
- Author of original work : Roland Perrot
- Producer : Yvon Guezel
- Sound Recordist : Bernard Aubouy
- Screenwriters : Yves Boisset, Claude Veillot
- Director of Photography : Jacques Loiseleux
- Production Manager : Daniel Riché
- Editor : Albert Jurgenson
- Assistant editors : Ariane Boeglin, Martine Fleury, Laurence Leininger, Nadine Muse
- Continuity supervisor : Claudine Taulère
- Production Designer : Jacques D'Ovidio
- Music Composer : François de Roubaix
- Sound Mixer : Jean Nény
- Still Photographers : Georges Pierre, Pierre Zucca
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : War
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Tunisia, Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (Tunisia, Italy, France)
- Production year : 1972
- French release : 09/08/1973
- Runtime : 1 h 52 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 40289
- Visa issue date : 27/06/1973
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Mono
