Babette Goes to War

Babette Goes to War (1959)

Genres - Comedy, War  |   Sub-Genres - Farce  |   Run Time - 106 min.  |   Countries - France  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Mark Deming

Brigitte Bardot was at the height of her fame when she starred in this engagingly silly military comedy. Babette (Bardot) is a beautiful but unfortunately clueless young French woman who, in 1940, becomes a refugee when she seeks safe haven in England as the Germans move in to occupy her land. Babette is recruited as part of a scheme to help British military intelligence foil a German plot to invade England. The idea is for Babette to use her good looks to win the confidence of German officers and learn their secrets; however, despite her enthusiasm, Babette's striking ineptitude when it comes to military espionage makes her as much of a threat as an asset to Allied forces. Babette s'en va-t-en Guerre (released in the United States as Babette Goes To War) also stars Ronald Howard, Jacques Charrier, and Michael Cramer.

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Allies, espionage, French [nationality], kidnapping, woman