Fun in the Barracks
1932 film
- Georges Courteline (play)
- Edouard Nores (play)
- Georges Dolley
- Raimu
- Jean Gabin
- Fernandel
- René Donnio
- Raymond Agnel
- René Colas
Production
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Release date
- 18 September 1932 (1932-09-18)
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Fun in the Barracks (French: Les Gaîtés de l'escadron or Les Gaietés de l'escadron) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Raimu, Jean Gabin and Fernandel. It was based on a play by Georges Courteline and Edouard Nores. Tourneur was remaking the story, having previously filmed a silent version in 1913.[1] The film was one of the most expensive made by Tourneur and was a popular commercial hit.[2]
Synopsis
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.
Cast
- Raimu as Le capitaine Hurluret
- Jean Gabin as Fricot
- Fernandel as Vanderague
- René Donnio as Laplote
- Charles Camus as Adjudant Flick
- Pierre Labry as Potiron
- Frédéric Munié as Lieutenant Mousseret
- Lucien Nat as Maréchal des Logis chef Barnot
- Pierre Ferval as Brigadier Vergisson
- Georges Bever as La Guillaumette
- Paul Azaïs as Croquebol
- Roland Armontel as Barchetti
- Louis Cari as Fourrier Bernot
- Henry Roussel as Le général
- Ketty Pierson as La charcutière
- Jacqueline Brizard as La blanchisseuse
- Mady Berry as Madame Bijou - la cantinière
References
Bibliography
- Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2008.
External links
- Fun in the Barracks at IMDb
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Films directed by Maurice Tourneur
- The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1913)
- Jean la Poudre (1913)
- The System of Doctor Goudron (1913)
- The Gaieties of the Squadron (1913)
- Tricks of Love (1913)
- The Last Pardon (1913)
- The Cameo (1913)
- Mother (1914)
- Figures de cire (1914)
- The Man of the Hour (1914)
- The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914)
- The Red Promenade (1914)
- The Pit (1914)
- The Sparrow (1914)
- Monsieur Lecoq (1914)
- The Secret of the Well (1914)
- Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
- Trilby (1915)
- The Cub (1915)
- The Ivory Snuff Box (1915)
- The Butterfly on the Wheel (1915)
- The Pawn of Fate (1915)
- The Hand of Peril (1916)
- The Closed Road (1916)
- The Velvet Paw (1916)
- The Rail Rider (1916)
- A Girl's Folly (1916)
- The Whip (1917)
- The Undying Flame (1917)
- Exile (1917)
- The Law of the Land (1917)
- The Pride of the Clan (1917)
- The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
- Barbary Sheep (1917)
- The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917)
- Rose of the World (1917)
- The Blue Bird (1918)
- Prunella (1918)
- A Doll's House (1918)
- Sporting Life (1918)
- Woman (1918)
- My Lady's Garter (1919)
- The White Heather (1919)
- The Life Line (1919)
- Victory (1919)
- The Broken Butterfly (1919)
- The County Fair (1920)
- The Great Redeemer (1920)
- While Paris Sleeps (1920)
- Treasure Island (1920)
- The White Circle (1920)
- Deep Waters (1920)
- The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
- The Bait (1921)
- The Foolish Matrons (1921)
- Lorna Doone (1922)
- The Brass Bottle (1923)
- The Christian (1923)
- The Isle of Lost Ships (1923)
- Jealous Husbands (1923)
- Torment (1924)
- The White Moth (1924)
- Sporting Life (1925)
- Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925)
- Clothes Make the Pirate (1925)
- Aloma of the South Seas (1926)
- Old Loves and New (1926)
- The Crew (1928)
- The Ship of Lost Souls (1929)
- Accused, Stand Up! (1930)
- Departure (1931)
- Dance Hall (1931)
- Fun in the Barracks (1932)
- In the Name of the Law (1932)
- L'Homme mystérieux (1933)
- The Two Orphans (1933)
- Le Voleur (1934)
- Justin de Marseille (1935)
- Koenigsmark (1935)
- Samson (1936)
- With a Smile (1936)
- The Patriot (1938)
- Katia (1938)
- Sins of Youth (1941)
- Volpone (1941)
- Miss Bonaparte (1942)
- La Main du diable (1943)
- Cecile Is Dead (1944)
- After Love (1948)
- Dilemma of Two Angels (1948)
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