“Adventurers” ( French Les Morfalous ) is a French military adventure movie starring Jean-Paul Belmondo , directed by Henri Verneuil based on the novel by Pierre Signac. The picture was released on March 28, 1984 .
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| Les morfalous | |
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| Genre | drama , comedy , action , military , adventure |
| Producer | Henri Verneuil |
| Producer | Tarak Ben Ammar Alain Belmondo |
| Author script | Pierre Signac Michel Odiar Henri Verneuil |
| In the main cast | Jean-Paul Belmondo |
| Operator | Edmond Seschan |
| Composer | Georges Deleryu |
| Film company | |
| Duration | 95 minutes |
| A country |  France |
| Language | French |
| Year | 1984 |
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Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 facts
- 4 References
Story
During World War II , during the Tunisian campaign in April 1943, French troops drove the Germans out of the small Tunisian town of El Ksour . In the safe of the city bank were a large number of gold bars worth six billion francs . Since there was not a single living soul left in the town, a special van was sent to transport this gold to a safe place - the rear city of Sfax - accompanied by two trucks and a jeep with thirty French legionaries for escort and protection.
When the convoy arrived, it was suddenly almost completely destroyed by the German unit - the 4th company under the command of Captain Ulrich Dieterle (Pierre Zeml), which is unknown how it ended up in the local fortress. Only four survived: Non-Commissioned Officer Eduard Mayuzar (Michelle Constantin), Sergeant Pierre Oganier ( Jean-Paul Belmondo ), Legionnaire Boissier (Michelle Creton) and Soldier Borzik. Hiding in the building, at night they found the surviving artilleryman, Corporal Beral ( Jacques Villere ), from the battery of the Marine Corps, destroyed in this city in another battle by the Stukoy - the German aircraft Junkers .
Under cover of darkness, non-commissioned officer Mayuzar and a soldier Borzik try to pick up ammunition from the surviving truck, but the Germans fire at them and kill Borzik. Dressed in the uniform of the murdered German scouts, Sgt. Oganier and gunner Beral freely make their way to the surviving French howitzer. With several accurate shots at the fortress, they managed to destroy the German unit.
In the morning, after burying the dead legionnaires at the local cemetery, the four ended up in a bank, where Oganier and Boissier proposed to divide all the gold into four. Mayuzar, who threatens them with a military tribunal, categorically does not agree with this. Suddenly, its director Francois Laroche-Freon enters the bank. But he came not alone ...
Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo - Sergeant Pierre Oganier
- Jacques Villeret - Corporal Beral
- Michelle Constanten - Non-Commissioned Officer Eduard Mayuzar
- Michelle Creton - Legionnaire Boissier
- Matthias Habich - Lieutenant Karl Brener
- Francois Perrault - Bank Director Francois Laroche-Freon
- Marie Laforet - Helene Laroche-Freon
- Maurice Ozel - Borzik soldier
- Michelle Bon - French General
- Gerard Boer - German supply officer
- Junior John David - Alcide Coluande
- Robert Lombard - Monsieur Chantrel
- Carolina Siillle - Madame Chantrel
- Pierre Zemmler - Captain Ulrich Dieterle
- Michelle Berrer - Legionnaire
- Hans Werner - German Colonel
Facts
- The film is a remake of the 1970 American film " Heroes of Kelly ."
- The Austrian light tank Steyr SK-105 Kürassier of the 1970s starred in the "role" of a German tank in the film.
Links
- Adventurers at Internet Movie Database
- "Adventurers" on the Allmovie website
- Boxofficestory.com. Les morfalous