La Bandera (1935)
Directed by Julien Duvivier
Genres - Drama, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Adventure Drama, Romantic Drama |
Release Date - Jan 1, 1939 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 96 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Less ambitious than his previous Golgotha, Julien Duvivier's La Bandera is nonetheless more entertaining. A Foreign Legion yarn, La Bandera downplays spectacular battle scenes in favor of a romantic triangle. Accused of murder, Pierre (Jean Gabin) joins the Legion, with detective Lucas (Robert Le Vigan) hot on his trail. Both Pierre and Lucas fall in love with beautiful Bedouin girl Aischa (Annabella), which only intensifies their hatred of one another. The two antagonists are eventually forced to bury the hatchet when fighting shoulder to shoulder against uprising natives. The ending is rather startling, inasmuch as the audience was expected the actor with the best screen billing to get the girl.
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foreign-legion, love-triangle, soldier, Arab, beauty [physical], conflict, courage, desert, escape, fugitive, hardships, informer, investigation, killing, murder, on-the-run, police, pursuit, Spain
