
Babette Goes to War (1959)
Babette s'en va-t-en guerre (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 46min
- Comedy, War
- Mar 1960 (USA)
- Movie
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Cast verified as complete
Brigitte Bardot | ... |
Babette
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Jacques Charrier | ... |
Gérard de Crécy
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Ronald Howard | ... |
Fitzpatrick
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Michael Cramer | ... |
Heinrich
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René Havard | ... |
Louis
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Mona Goya | ... |
Mme Fernande
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Viviane Gosset | ... |
La Duchesse de Crécy
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Robert Berri | ... |
Sgt. Bill
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Françoise Belin | ... |
Mado
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Charles Bouillaud | ... |
Pierrot
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Alain Bouvette | ... |
Emile
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Max Elloy | ... |
Firmin
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Jacques Hilling | ... |
Captain
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Ariane Lancell | ... |
Girl / Une fille
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Günter Meisner | ... |
First Gestapo officer / Le premier gestapiste
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Jenny Orléans | ... |
Girl / Une fille
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Jean-Pierre Zola | ... |
Le major allemand / Major
(as J.P. Zola)
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Francis Blanche | ... |
Schulz
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Pierre Bertin | ... |
Le Duc de Crécy
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Yves Vincent | ... |
Capt. Darcy
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Noël Roquevert | ... |
Capitaine Gustave Frémond
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Hannes Messemer | ... |
General von Arenberg
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Rico Lopez | ... |
Un cavalier
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Roland Bartrop | ... |
Dispatch rider (uncredited)
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Jean Carmet | ... |
Antoine (uncredited)
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Philippe Clair | ... |
Un résistant (uncredited)
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Albert Dalibert | ... |
(uncredited)
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Pierre Durou | ... |
(uncredited)
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Édouard Francomme | ... |
Un homme au café (uncredited)
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Lutz Gabor | ... |
Un opérateur A1 (uncredited)
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Albert Michel | ... |
Le fuyard (uncredited)
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Max Montavon | ... |
(uncredited)
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Carl Schell | ... |
(uncredited)
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Claude Vernier | ... |
Un opérateur A1 (uncredited)
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Directed by
Christian-Jaque | ... | (as Christian Jaque) |
Written by
Michel Audiard | ... | (dialogue) |
Jacques Emmanuel | ... | (screenplay) |
Jean Ferry | ... | (screenplay) |
Raoul Lévy | ... | (story) (as Raoul J. Levy) |
Gérard Oury | ... | (story) |
Produced by
Raoul Lévy | ... | producer (as as Raoul J. Levy) |
Music by
Gilbert Bécaud |
Cinematography by
Armand Thirard |
Editing by
Jacques Desagneaux |
Editorial Department
Noëlle Balenci | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
Jean André |
Makeup Department
Carita | ... | wig maker |
Production Management
Roger Debelmas | ... | production manager |
Lucien Lippens | ... | unit manager (as L. Lippens) |
Louis Wipf | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Serge Vallin | ... | assistant director (as S. Vallin) |
Raymond Villette | ... | assistant director (as R. Villette) |
Art Department
Robert André | ... | assistant production designer |
Jean Forestier | ... | assistant production designer (as J. Forester) |
Sound Department
William Robert Sivel | ... | sound (as William S. Sivel) |
Arthur Van der Meeren | ... | sound assistant (as A. Vander Meeren) |
Jean Zann | ... | sound assistant (as J. Zann) |
Stunts
Bernard Celeyron | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Florent | ... | assistant camera (as R. Florent) |
J. Née | ... | assistant camera |
André Tixador | ... | assistant camera (as A. Tixador) |
Music Department
Raymond Bernard | ... | conductor |
Script and Continuity Department
Simone Bourdarias | ... | script girl (as S. Bourdarias) |
Additional Crew
Georges Vallon | ... | administrator (as G. Valon) |
Una Pearl | ... | stand-in (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Columbia Film-Verleih (1959) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures Corporation (1959) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Kamera (1959) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Columbia Film (1959) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Columbia Pictures (1960) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Zetafilm (1960) (Yugoslavia) (theatrical)
- 2ème chaîne ORTF (1974) (France) (tv)
- René Chateau Video (1998) (France) (VHS)
- René Chateau Video (2004) (France) (DVD)
- Filmjuwelen (2017) (Germany) (DVD)
- Filmjuwelen (2017) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- City of London (thanks)
- City of Paris (thanks)
- Forces armées françaises, Les (thanks)
- L'association Des Français Libres (thanks)
- Port de Sète (thanks)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
During WW2, as the German forces rapidly advance toward the French coast, naive French country girl Babette makes her way to the coastal town of Dieppe. She is looking for work as a house maid at Madame Fernande's cat-house. Unfortunately, Madame Fernande and her girls are about to be evacuated to England by a French boat. Having no other choice, Babette decides to follow Madame Fernande to England. In London, Babette makes her way to the headquarters of the Free French Forces to make herself useful. She is hired as a maid, kitchen helper, housekeeper and eventually switchboard operator. Babette isn't too bright but she catches the eye of young and handsome French lieutenant Gérard De Crécy-Lozère. His aristocratic parents live in France but he is in London fighting under General De Gaulle, assigned to wartime intelligence. Babette also catches the eye of British Intelligence colonel Fitzpatrick who is astonished at the similarity between Babette and Hilda. Hilda is German General Franz Von Arenberg's old flame. The German General is an important man at the German Army HQ on the French coast. Therefore, British and French Intelligence figure they could kidnap General Franz Von Arenberg if they could parachute Babette in occupied France and substitute her for Hilda. They convince Babette to play along and they give her the standard training in a school for clandestine agents. They also send along French lieutenant Gérard De Crécy-Lozère to contact the French Resistance and aid Babette in her mission. Unknown to all of them is the fact that General Franz Von Arenberg is closely monitored by the local Gestapo under the command of Obersturmführer 'Papa Schulz' who suspects the German General is disloyal to the Nazi cause. After Babette and Gérard are parachuted into France at night, they get separated. Gérard meets with the local Resistance and Babette is befriended by various Germans, including General Von Arenberg, SS officers and Gestapo's 'Papa Schulz'. No one suspects Babette to be a British agent. When she is recruited by Gestapo's 'Papa Schulz' to work for him, in his obsessive quest to entrap General Von Arenberg, a series of comedic mix-ups, mishaps, double-deals and back-stabs ensues. Written by nufs68 |
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