

Based on the popular stage play by Georges Courteline. The film is set in 1885. It focuses on a group of troops, a mix of regulars and reservists, and their different responses to the daily military routines. A crisis emerges when a General pays a visit while two deserters are still absent.
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
User score
12 votes
Released
September 18, 1932
1h 25m
French

Raimu
Captain Hurluret

Fernandel
Vanderague

Jean Gabin
Fricot

René Donnio
Laplote

Charles Camus
Adjutant Flick

Pierre Labry
Potiron

Lucien Nat
Chief Sergeant Barnot

Pierre Ferval
Brigadier Vergisson

Henry Roussel
General

Georges Bever
La Guillaumette

Paul Azaïs
Croquebol

Roland Armontel
Barchetti

Mady Berry
Madame Bijou, canteen lady
Frédéric Munié
Lieutenant Mousseret
Louis Cari
Quartermaster Bernot
Ketty Pierson
Pork butcher
Jacqueline Brizard
Laundress
Pierre Athon
(uncredited)

Jacques Beauvais
Boss of the Beuglant (uncredited)

Julien Carette
Rider (uncredited)