The Grand Maneuver
(1955)
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The Grand Maneuver
(1955)
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| Michèle Morgan | ... |
Marie-Louise Rivière
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| Gérard Philipe | ... |
Le lieutenant Armand de la Verne
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Jean Desailly | ... |
Victor Duverger
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Pierre Dux | ... |
Le colonel
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Jacques Fabbri | ... |
L'ordonnance d'Armand
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Jacques François | ... |
Rodolphe
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Yves Robert | ... |
Le lieutenant Félix Leroy
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| Brigitte Bardot | ... |
Lucie
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Lise Delamare | ... |
Juliette Duverger
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Jacqueline Maillan | ... |
Jeanne Duverger, une soeur de Victor
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| Magali Noël | ... |
Thérèse, la chanteuse
(as Magali Noel)
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Simone Valère | ... |
Gisèle Monnet
(as Simone Valere)
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Catherine Anouilh | ... |
Alice, la fille du préfet
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Madeleine Barbulée | ... |
La dame au chapeau jaune
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Dany Carrel | ... |
Rose-Mousse
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One shouldn't be dissuaded from seeing this film because of one disappointed viewer. It is a charming and beautifully crafted film, not often seen in the U.S., but well worth watching. It is very Gallic in its attitudes, which means that it has a certain amount of gallantry, chauvinism, sexism, and a plain, old-fashioned outlook on the sports of love, but it refuses to be pinned down to a formula, or to have a pat ending. I find it ever so much better than Clair's earlier work, and if you can shift your mental gears to the French way of thinking, it is a very rewarding, bittersweet film.