La Bandera (1935)
NO escape or flight! NO escape in love! The PAST is never dead!
Pierre Gilieth has committed a murder in Paris. He flees to Barcelona, where he runs out of money. So he joins the Spanish Foreign Legion. He meets there two fellow countrymen, Mulot and Lucas. He tries to forget his fault... but Lucas's friendship soon appears to be less unselfish...
- Date of release
- 1935-09-25
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (24)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Julien Duvivier
Casting
- Jean Gabin — Pierre Gilieth
- Raymond Aimos — Marcel Mulot
- Robert Le Vigan — Fernando Lucas
- Annabella — Aïscha el Saloui
- Pierre Renoir — Commandant Weller
- Little Jacky — Légionnaire Jacky
- Gaston Modot — Legionnaire Muller
- Paul Demange — The Hotel Manager
- Charles Granval — "Sego", Saharan bar owner
- Margo Lion — Planche-à-Pain
- Robert Ozanne — Legionnaire with Tatoo'd Face
- Maurice Lagrenée — Siméon
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Barcelona
La Bandera is a 1935 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Annabella, Jean Gabin and Robert Le Vigan. It was based on the 1931 novel La Bandera by Pierre Mac Orlan. After committing a brutal murder in Paris, a Frenchman flees to Barcelona where he enlists in the Spanish Foreign Legion. He is sent to fight in Morocco where he unexpectedly bonds with his comrades and marries a local woman before his past begins to catch up with him. Like Duvivier's other works of the period, the film is infused with poetic realism.
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