Plot
Based on the popular stage play by Georges Courteline. The film is set in 1885. It focuses on a group of troops, a mix of regulars and reservists, and their different responses to the daily military routines. A crisis emerges when a General pays a visit while two deserters are still absent.
Trailer
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Cast
Raimu
Captain Hurluret
Fernandel
Vanderague
Jean Gabin
Fricot
René Donnio
Laplote
Charles Camus
Adjutant Flick
Pierre Labry
Potiron
Lucien Nat
Chief Sergeant Barnot
Pierre Ferval
Brigadier Vergisson
Henry Roussel
General
Georges Bever
La Guillaumette
Paul Azaïs
Croquebol
Roland Armontel
Barchetti
Mady Berry
Madame Bijou, canteen lady
Frédéric Munié
Lieutenant Mousseret
Louis Cari
Quartermaster Bernot
Ketty Pierson
Pork butcher
Jacqueline Brizard
Laundress
Pierre Athon
(uncredited)
Jacques Beauvais
Boss of the Beuglant (uncredited)
Julien Carette
Rider (uncredited)
Léon Courtois
(uncredited)
Pierre Dac
Ledru (uncredited)
Édouard Francomme
Soldier peeling potatoes (uncredited)
Geo Laby
Peplat (uncredited)
Palmyre Levasseur
Fortune teller (uncredited)
Marcel Lutrand
Favret (uncredited)
Marcel Magnat
Laigrepin (uncredited)
Jean-François Martial
Soldier (uncredited)
Adolphe Mercier
(uncredited)
Albert Montigny
Dupont (uncredited)
