Le pantalon (TV 1997)

Director:

Yves Boisset

Writers:

Yves Boisset, Alain Scoff

Stars:

Wadeck Stanczak, Philippe Volter, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Wadeck Stanczak	...	Lucien Bersot
Philippe Volter	...	Lt. #Guérin
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu	...	Col. Auoux
Jean-Paul Comart	...	Lt. #André
Marie Verdi	...	Marie-Louise
Riton Liebman	...	Moline
Marc Berman	...	Cmndt. Poupinel
Jacques Chailleux	...	Langouin
Xavier Percy	...	Cpl. Jusot
Thierry Waseige	...	Adjudant-chef Thomas
Julien Bukowski	...	Adjudant Prévot
Alain Stevens	...	Cottet-Dumoulin
Jean-Paul Clerbois	...	Martin
Michel Poncelet	...	Journiac
Sarah Beck	...	Aurélie

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

world war one

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

8 December 1997 (France)

Also Known As:

Fürs Vaterland erschossen

Company Credits

Production Co:

France 2 (FR2)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on a true story.

User Reviews

or how a simple piece of clothes can lead a man to death

Possible Spoilers...

The trousers that were given to the soldier Lucien Bersot (the hero of the movie) was dirty, full of holes and blood-stained. In a way, it epitomizes an allegory of French justice during the First World War. It means the picture of a justice corrupted and destroyed by the Great War. Yves Boisset's television film aims at denouncing the injustice of this dramatic situation.

A television film based on a true story and which is like Stanley Kubrick's war movie, "Paths of glory" (1958), you can consider "le pantalon" as an extension of Boisset's prior television movie, "l'affaire Seznec" (1995). Indeed, the two movies include a lot of common points in their story and directing. Thus, we find a main character, victim of an injustice, merciless representatives of justice that Boisset makes unpleasant and also the recurrent demagogic point of view about the dramatic situation. Nevertheless, Boisset succeeds in bringing a great touch of emotion to his story and in this way, he knows how to gain the spectator's approval. Moreover, his movie becomes very touching by moments.

As it was the case with the "affaire Seznec", and although "le pantalon" is just a modest television movie, it deserves to be watched, expect if you don't like movies which don't include an happy end.