Beau Geste

Beau Geste (1926)

Hard lives, quick deaths, undying love!

Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff. Beau and John are assigned to Fort Zinderneuf, where Markoff tries to break their spirit, aware of a dark family secret concerning a fabulous jewel one of them carries. As tensions rise, Arabs attack the fort and rivalries must be thrown aside in a desperate battle for life.

Date of release
1926-08-24
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Director
Herbert Brenon

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Beau Geste
  • Filmed in: California

Beau Geste is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and based on the 1924 novel Beau Geste by P. C. Wren. Ronald Colman stars as the title character.

Production

The production was to be filmed in Algeria, but the Rif War interfered, so instead it was filmed in the desert east of Burlingame, California, and southwest of Yuma, Arizona. The same Yuma site was used for the 1939 film of the same name.

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