1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ...
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Title: Arms and the Man (1958)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| O.W. Fischer | ... | Hauptmann Bluntschli | |
| Liselotte Pulver | ... | Raina Petkoff | |
| Ellen Schwiers | ... | Louka | |
| Jan Hendriks | ... | Leutnant Sergius Slivitzna | |
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Ljuba Welitsch | ... | Katharina |
| Kurt Kasznar | ... | Major Petkoff | |
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Manfred Inger | ... | Nicola |
| Horst Tappert | |||
| Hans Clarin | |||
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1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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foreign language adaptation | male female relationship | fictional war | one word title | based on play |Certificate:
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Bluntschli: I'm an artilleryman - I'll bring my cannon.
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Fiancee: We meet at dawn behind the village... and bring your sword.Bluntschli: I'm an artilleryman - I'll bring my cannon.
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20 November 1958 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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What used to be a comedy in 1958.
Having seen this movie now in 2017, I notice it was a chamber play by G.B.Shaw, and it was even nominated for an Oscar. It watched it mainly due to the presence of Liselotte Pulver, a swiss beauty and well known, also able, starlet here at those times. Her comedian acting skills in the movie are decent and likable IMO. But the movie as a whole is quite a stretch, not being very entertaining in long parts, sometimes even dull. I guess it's somewhat hard to be able to appreciate the comedy character out of a 2017 view or expectation.