Thanks, Monsieur Dumonteil, I've enjoyed your write-ups on classic French films especially those by Duvivier. The story of L'Agonie Des Aigles in its popularity reminds me somewhat of the historical Japanese legend of "The 47 Ronin." They were roaming samurai, recently bereft of the one they had sworn allegiance to, who band together to get revenge on a corrupt lord, and land up committing suicide. The plot was filmed a number of times,especially well by Mizoguchi in the 1940s and the spectacular color version in the 1960s, "Chushingura," was so successful it played at one theater in Berkeley, California for I think a year or two!
