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Heroes and Sinners (1955)
Directed by Yves Ciampi
Adventure · 1h 55m
A good cast smooths over the rough spots of Les Heros sont Fatigues. The scene is the African republic of Liberia, which in this film proves to be a stopping-off point for a number of shady characters. Yves Montand plays a French ex-pilot who becomes involved in a scheme to smuggle stolen diamonds. His cohorts include a Nazi collaborator, a German refugee, and the white mistress of a prominent Liberian. A romance develops between the ex-pilot and the aforementioned mistress. Meanwhile, one of the conspirators (Curt Jurgens) has a last-minute attack of conscience, effectively queering the deal. The steamier romantic passages in Les Heros sont Fatigues had to be trimmed for American consumption.
Cast
Yves Montand
Jean Servais
Gert Fröbe
Curd Jürgens
María Félix
Elisabeth Manet
Harry-Max
Hans Verner
James Campbell
Gordon Heath
Crew
- Director
- Yves Ciampi
- Writer
- Jean-Charles Tacchella, Henri-François Rey, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Yves Ciampi
- Novel
- Christiane Garnier, Jacques-Laurent Bost
- Original Music Composer
- Louiguy
Details
- Original title
- Les héros sont fatigués
- Release date
- 1955-09-12
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- German, French, English
- Countries
- France, Germany
- Production
- Terra Films, CCC Filmkunst