The Carabineers (1963)
Les carabiniers (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 15min
- Comedy, Drama
- 27 Sep 1967 (USA)
- Movie
During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits.
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- 1 nomination.
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| Marino Masé | ... |
Ulysses
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Patrice Moullet | ... |
Michel-Ange
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Geneviève Galéa | ... |
Venus
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Catherine Ribeiro | ... |
Cleopatre
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| Barbet Schroeder | ... |
Car salesman
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Jean-Louis Comolli | ... |
Soldier with fish
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Gérard Poirot | ... |
Carabinier #1
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Jean Brassat | ... |
Carabinier #2
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Alvaro Gheri | ... |
Carabinier #3
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Odile Geoffroy | ... |
Young Communist girl
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| Pascale Audret | ... |
Girl in car (uncredited)
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| Roger Coggio | ... |
Man in car (uncredited)
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Catherine Durante | ... |
Heroine of the film-within-a-film (uncredited)
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Wladimir Faters | ... |
Revolutionary (uncredited)
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Jean Gruault | ... |
Bebe's father (uncredited)
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Jean Monsigny | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Gilbert Servien | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Jean-Luc Godard | ||
Written by
| Beniamino Joppolo | ... | (play "I Carabinieri") |
| Jean-Luc Godard | ... | (adaptation) and |
| Jean Gruault | ... | (adaptation) and |
| Roberto Rossellini | ... | (adaptation) |
Produced by
| Georges de Beauregard | ... | producer (uncredited) |
| Carlo Ponti | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Philippe Arthuys | ||
Cinematography by
| Raoul Coutard | ||
Editing by
| Agnès Guillemot | ||
| Lila Lakshmanan | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Design by
| Jean-Jacques Fabre | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Roger Scipion | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Charles L. Bitsch | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
| Jean-Paul Savignac | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Jacques Maumont | ... | sound |
| Hortion | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Claude Beausoleil | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
| Roger Robert | ... | key grip (uncredited) |
Thanks
| Jean Vigo | ... | dedicatee |
Production Companies
- Cocinor
- Les Films Marceau
- Rome Paris Films
- Laetitia Film (co-production)
Distributors
- Cocinor (1963) (France) (theatrical)
- West End Films (1968) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Fox Lorber (2001) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Fox Lorber (2001) (United States) (VHS) (subtitled)
- Kinokuniya (2003) (Japan) (DVD)
- Wellspring Media (2004) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Europa Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
- Doperfilme (1977) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Leopardo Filmes (2024) (Portugal)
- Pioneer (France) (DVD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
During a war, the poor and ignorant brothers Ulysses and Michel-Ange are lured and recruited by two soldiers that promise wealth to them in the name of their King. The greedy wife of Ulysses Cleopatre and her daughter Venus ask them to enlist to pursue fortune. They travel to Italy and become unscrupulous criminals of war. When Ulysses is wounded in one eye, he returns home with Michel-Ange and a small bag full of postcards of famous locations and the promise that they would be entitled of the properties in the end of the war. However, when the King signs the peace treaty with their enemy, they find that the agreement was actually surrender and they have a prize to pay for their actions. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Box Office
| Budget | $140,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The renowned author and critic Susan Sontag spoke about Jean-Luc Godard's film in her 1977 collection of essays "On Photography." About the "two sluggish lumpen-peasants" returning home bearing postcards of the treasures of the world instead of tangible treasure, Sontag noted that "Godard's gag vividly parodies the equivocal magic of the photographic image." See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Une histoire seule (1989). See more » |
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Narrator: Henceforth the two brothers slept for an eternity, believing the brain, in decay, functioned beyond death, and its dreams are what constitute Paradise. See more » |