Beau Geste

original title:
Beau Geste
country / year of production:
USA / 1926
original length:
112 min. , black/white
premiere:
25 August 1926
genre:
action
based on:
Percival Christopher Wren. Beau Geste. London: John Murray, 1924, 410 S.
director:
Herbert Brenon
film script:
Robert Carson , Herbert Brenon , Paul Schofield
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cast (role):
Ronald Charles Colman (Michael 'Beau' Geste) , Neil Hamilton (Digby Geste) , Ralph Forbes (John Geste) , Mary Brian (Isabel) , Alice Joyce (Lady Patricia Brandon) , Neil Hamilton , Ralph Forbes , Ronald Charles Colman , Mary Brian , Alice Joyce
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plot synopsis:
Michael "Beau" Geste and his brothers John and Digby leave England in disgrace and join the French Foreign Legion. The brothers split, but they are reunited in North Africa. There they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs.
keywords:
desert , torture , foreign legion , assault on superiors , order and obedience , insubordination
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
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remarks:
This film is silent.

Later the film was several times remade under the same title: 1939, 1966 and 1982.
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