Le Toubib

original title:
Le Toubib
other titles:
The Greatest Attack, (Waffe des Teufels), The Medic
country / year of production:
France / 1979
original length:
90 min. , color
premiere:
27 October 1979
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Jean Freustié. Harmonie ou les horreurs de la guerre. Paris: B. Grasset, 1973.
director:
Pierre Granier-Deferre
film script:
Pierre Granier-Deferre , Pascal Jardin
producer:
Alain Delon , Alain Terzian
cinematographer:
Claude Renoir
editor:
Jean Ravel
composer:
Philippe Sarde
cast (role):
Alain Delon (Jean-Marie Desprée) , Véronique Jannot (Harmonie) , Bernard Giraudeau (François) , Francine Bergé (Marcia) , Michel Auclair (Le patron) , Alain Delon , Véronique Jannot , Bernard Giraudeau , Francine Bergé , Michel Auclair
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plot synopsis:
Jean-Marie`s professional life is as successful as his private life unhappy. His marriage fails when he his assigned to run a field hostipal in an unspecified war zone in Europe. He is driven up the wall by Harmony an attractive assistant whose sunny disposition grates on the surgeon's nerves. But his new found hope vanishes as he discovers that Harmony is suffering from an incurable disease.
keywords:
field hospital , wound, injury , women during wartime , war-disabled
war:
fictious war
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