Les Parias de la gloire
Les parias de la gloire | |
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Directed by | Henri Decoin |
Produced by | Mario Mammolotti |
Written by |
Roger Delpey Henri Decoin |
Starring |
Maurice Ronet Curd Jürgens Folco Lulli |
Music by | Giovanni Fusco |
Cinematography | Federico G. Larraya |
Edited by | Charles Bretoneiche |
Production company |
Films Marly Ocean Films Paris-France-Films Sagittario Film |
Distributed by | Gaumont |
Release dates |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country |
France Italy Spain |
Language | French |
Les Parias de la Gloire English title Pariahs of Glory or Outcasts of Glory is a 1964 French/Italian/Spanish international co-production filmed in Spain. Directed and co-written by Henri Decoin, it is set during the First Indochina War and is based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Roger Delpey who also co-wrote the screenplay. Delpey served as an infantryman in the 151st Infantry Regiment from 1947-1949 in French Indochina then remained as a war correspondent writing four volumes of Soldats de Boue (Mud Soldiers).
Plot
During World War II a young Frenchmen sees his brother killed in Alsace by a German officer. He vows revenge on all Germans, but after the War he is conscripted into the French Army and sent to Indochina. There he meets his brother's killer under strange circumstances.
Cast
- Curd Jürgens ... Ludwig Goetz
- Maurice Ronet ... Ferrier
- Folco Lulli ... Blosky
- Roland Lesaffre ... La Coquille
- Germán Cobos ... Albertini
- Pedro Osinaga ... Bertaux
- Tiny Yong ... Chinese girl