Babette Goes to War (1959)
"Babette s'en va-t-en guerre" (original title)

Comedy about a naive French country girl in London who helps the war effort by parachuting into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important German general. She bungles through to a heroic finish of plot and counter-plot.

Director:

Christian-Jaque

Writers:

Michel Audiard (dialogue), Jacques Emmanuel (screenplay),

Stars:

Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Charrier, Ronald Howard

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brigitte Bardot	...	Babette
Jacques Charrier	...	Gérard de Crécy
Ronald Howard	...	Fitzpatrick
Michael Cramer	...	Heinrich
René Havard	...	Louis
Mona Goya	...	Mme Fernande
Viviane Gosset	...	La Duchesse de Crécy
Robert Berri	...	Sgt. Bill
Françoise Belin	...	Mado
Charles Bouillaud	...	Pierrot
Alain Bouvette	...	Emile
Max Elloy	...	Firmin
Jacques Hilling	...	Captain
Ariane Lancell	...	Girl / Une fille
Günter Meisner

Storyline

Comedy about a naive French country girl in London who helps the war effort by parachuting into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important German general. She bungles through to a heroic finish of plot and counter-plot.

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Plot Keywords:

france | character name in title

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Taglines:

Can YOU See the Difference in the New Brigitte Bardot? You WILL When You See Her Brilliant Comic Talent In the Hilarious New Film "Babette Goes to War", Co-Starring Jacques Charrier, Proud Papa of BB's New Baby!

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Genres:

Comedy | War

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

March 1960 (USA)

Also Known As:

Babette Goes to War

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Iéna Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

French cinema seemed to have trouble taking full advantage of Bardot's drawing power…

With the film "Babette s'en va-t-en guerre," directed by Christian Jaque, Brigitte attempted to break out of the mold that her previous roles had forged...

Here she played opposite Jacques Charrier, with their ensuing real-life romance and marriage serving to fuel the fires of their already overwhelming publicity… Though Bardot wore a uniform in this movie, the idea as a whole was not enough to carry the film… It was, in fact, Francis Blanche playing a Nazi officer who triumphed…

Later that year, Brigitte and Michel Boisrond met again to film a detective yarn called "Voulez-vous danser avec moi?" Bardot had become an international star, but, unfortunately, French cinema seemed to have trouble taking full advantage of her drawing power…