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A Captain's Honor

Original title: L'honneur d'un capitaine
  • 1982
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
347
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A Captain's Honor (1982)
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During a televised debate on the Algerian war in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounced the methods of Captain Caron, killed in action in 1957. The widow of the captain, Patricia, decid... Read allDuring a televised debate on the Algerian war in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounced the methods of Captain Caron, killed in action in 1957. The widow of the captain, Patricia, decided to file a defamation suit.During a televised debate on the Algerian war in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounced the methods of Captain Caron, killed in action in 1957. The widow of the captain, Patricia, decided to file a defamation suit.

  • Director
    • Pierre Schoendoerffer
  • Writers
    • Jean-François Chauvel
    • Pierre Schoendoerffer
    • Daniel Yonnet
  • Stars
    • Jacques Perrin
    • Nicole Garcia
    • Charles Denner
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    347
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Pierre Schoendoerffer
    • Writers
      • Jean-François Chauvel
      • Pierre Schoendoerffer
      • Daniel Yonnet
    • Stars
      • Jacques Perrin
      • Nicole Garcia
      • Charles Denner
    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Jacques Perrin
    Jacques Perrin
    • Le capitaine Caron
    Nicole Garcia
    Nicole Garcia
    • Patricia Caron
    Charles Denner
    Charles Denner
    • Maître Gillard - un avocat
    Georges Wilson
    Georges Wilson
    • Le bâtonnier
    Claude Jade
    Claude Jade
    • Maître Valouin - une avocate
    Robert Etcheverry
    • Le commandant Guilloux
    Georges Marchal
    Georges Marchal
    • Le général Keller
    Jean Vigny
    • Le professeur Paulet
    Jean-François Poron
    • Jakez
    Hubert Gignoux
    • Le juge
    Cyril Barbe
    • Le soldat infirmier
    Alain Bastien-Thiry
    • Pierre Caron
    Eric Baugin
    • Éric Maury
    Patrick Baugin
    • Patrick Maury
    Pierre Belot
    • Le directeur de l'école
    Patrick Chauvel
    • Schuster
    Jean Depussé
    • Adjudant
    Jean-Pol Dubois
    • Mr.Dubois
    • Director
      • Pierre Schoendoerffer
    • Writers
      • Jean-François Chauvel
      • Pierre Schoendoerffer
      • Daniel Yonnet
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      This movie is based on a real story (with a slight different plot) : the affair of the Colonel Erulin (commander of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment during the Battle of Kolwesi).

    User reviews1

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    10/10
    An excellent film about the Algeria war
    As usual, Pierre schoendoerffer is very sympathetic to soldiers in the most excellent movie from the early 80s, which tells the story of a dead Captain whose memory is publicly trashed on TV, 20 years after his death. The film is about his widow's struggle to prove that he wasn't a murderer and didn't practice torture while he was leading a ground unit during the Algeria war.

    She decides to sue the man who accused him of being a torturer and thus begins an investigation which retraces the Captain's last 2 weeks, day by day.

    The actors are awesome, which is pretty common in Schoendoerffer's movies. The storyline is using numerous flashbacks depicting battle scenes in Algeria, hunts for terrorists and shots of the Captain's previous life (resistant in WW2 and prisoner in Indochina).

    All in all this is a very humanistic movie which main message could be that war is rarely a matter of Good Vs Evil, but rather a matter of Good Vs another Good.
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    • emmanuel-zitnik
    • Jan 9, 2008

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    • Release date
      • December 29, 1982 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Die Ehre eines Kapitäns
    • Filming locations
      • École de Saint-Cyr-Coëtquidan, Guer, Morbihan, France
    • Production companies
      • Bela Productions
      • TF1 Films Production
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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