La Bandera (1935)
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Less ambitious than his previous Golgotha, Julien Duvivier's La Bandera is nonetheless more entertaining. A Foreign Legion yarn, La Bandera downplays spectacular battle scenes in favor of a romantic triangle. Accused of murder, Pierre (Jean Gabin) joins the Legion, with detective Lucas (Robert… More Less ambitious than his previous Golgotha, Julien Duvivier's La Bandera is nonetheless more entertaining. A Foreign Legion yarn, La Bandera downplays spectacular battle scenes in favor of a romantic triangle. Accused of murder, Pierre (Jean Gabin) joins the Legion, with detective Lucas (Robert Le Vigan) hot on his trail. Both Pierre and Lucas fall in love with beautiful Bedouin girl Aischa (Annabella), which only intensifies their hatred of one another. The two antagonists are eventually forced to bury the hatchet when fighting shoulder to shoulder against uprising natives. The ending is rather startling, inasmuch as the audience was expected the actor with the best screen billing to get the girl. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Julien Duvivier
- Written By
- Pierre Dumarchais, Julien Duvivier
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 2, 1939 Wide
- Studio
- Orbis Film
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Cast
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Annabella
as Aischa la Sloaui
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Jean Gabin
as Pierre Cilieth
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Robert Le Vigan
as Fernando Lucas
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Raymond Aimos
as Marcel Mulot
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Pierre Renoir
as Le Capitaine Weller
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Margo Lion
as Planche a Pain
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Charles Granval
as Le Segovien
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Gaston Modot
as Le Legionnaire Muller
- Anabela
