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Director:
Writers:
Jean Anouilh (play)
Lucienne Hill (English translation)
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Release Date:
19 September 1962 (France) more
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Plot:
This is the end of a glorious military career: General Leo Fitzjohn retires to his Sussex manor where he will write his memoirs... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win more
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A haunting, wonderful movie more (8 total)

Cast

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Peter Sellers ... Gen. Leo Fitzjohn
Dany Robin ... Ghislaine
Margaret Leighton ... Emily Fitzjohn
John Fraser ... Lt. Robert Finch
Cyril Cusack ... Dr. Grogan
Prunella Scales ... Estella Fitzjohn
Denise Coffey ... Sidonia Fitzjohn
Jean Anderson ... Agnes
Raymond Huntley ... Ackroyd, Court President
Cardew Robinson ... Midgley the Undertaker
John Glyn-Jones ... Jenkins the Innkeeper
John Le Mesurier ... Rev. Grimsley
Vanda Godsell ... Mrs. Emma Bulstrode, Dress Shop Proprietor
Catherine Feller ... Rosemary, the young maid
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Amorous General
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Runtime:
Greece:104 min | USA:105 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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The names of many of the characters were changed for this film version of the play. more
Quotes:
Mrs. Emma Bulstrode, Dress Shop Proprietor: We have to perform miracles to make beauties out of these girls.
Gen. Leo Fitzjohn: That's more than their mother could do.
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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
A haunting, wonderful movie, 4 October 2003
Author: psccrealock34 from San Diego, CA

This is a wonderful little movie which displays Peter Sellers's acting genius both for comedy and serious drama. It is a haunting story of a general at the end of his career, about how much was real and not real in his life, and about his weaknesses and distractions. It is easy to project certain kinds of political observations on to this movie, as was done in an earlier review by wjfickling in his comment about the advantages that men have over women, but it is just as easy to project the opposite. The genius of the movie is that it tells a story of the bitter sweetness of a man's life that is outside the politcally correct "truth du jour" and can be taken directly, as it is.

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