Les Carabiniers

original title:
Les Carabiniers
other titles:
The Carabineers, (Die Karabinieri)
country / year of production:
France , Italy , Great Britain / 1963
original length:
80 min. , black/white
premiere:
31 May 1963
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Benjamino Joppolo. Die Karabinieri. Wien: Universal-Edition, 1961.
director:
Jean-Luc Godard
film script:
Jean-Luc Godard , Jean Gruault , Roberto Rossellini
producer:
Carlo Ponti , Georges de Beauregard
cinematographer:
Raoul Coutard
editor:
Agnès Guillemot
composer:
Philippe Arthuys
cast (role):
Albert Juross (Michel-Ange) , Marino Masé (Ulysses ) , Catherine Ribeiro (Cleopatre) , Geneviève Galéa (Venus) , Albert Juross , Marino Masé , Catherine Ribeiro , Geneviève Galéa
more:
plot synopsis:
Ulysses and Michel Ange are two soldiers of an unnamed army fighting an unspecified war. Throughout their tour of duty, the two send their wives long, loving letters detailing their various victories: these letters are accompanied by postcards of such strategic military targets as the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower and the Pyramids. When their army loses, the two pay a visit to their king to collect their salaries, only to be shot down like dogs.
keywords:
execution , rape , order and obedience , returning soldiers
war:
fictious war
literature:
remarks:
The film is daid to be Godard`s reaction to the opulent D-Day drama "The Longest Day".
availability:
VHS, DVD