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The Carabineers ()

Les carabiniers (original title)
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During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits.

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Ulysses (as Marino Mase)
Patrice Moullet ...
Michel-Ange (as Albert Juross)
Geneviève Galéa ...
Venus
Catherine Ribeiro ...
Cleopatre
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Car salesman
Jean-Louis Comolli ...
Soldier with fish
Gérard Poirot ...
Carabinier #1
Jean Brassat ...
Carabinier #2
Alvaro Gheri ...
Carabinier #3
Odile Geoffroy ...
Young Communist girl
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Girl in car (uncredited)
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Man in car (uncredited)
Catherine Durante ...
Heroine of the film-within-a-film (uncredited)
Wladimir Faters ...
Revolutionary (uncredited)
Jean Gruault ...
Bebe's father (uncredited)
Jean Monsigny ...
Soldier (uncredited)
Gilbert Servien ...
Soldier (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jean-Luc Godard

Written by

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Beniamino Joppolo ... (play "I Carabinieri")
 
Jean-Luc Godard ... (adaptation) and
Jean Gruault ... (adaptation) and
Roberto Rossellini ... (adaptation)

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Georges de Beauregard ... producer (uncredited)
Carlo Ponti ... producer (uncredited)

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Philippe Arthuys

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Raoul Coutard

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Agnès Guillemot
Lila Lakshmanan ... (uncredited)

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Jean-Jacques Fabre ... (uncredited)

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Roger Scipion ... production manager (uncredited)

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Charles L. Bitsch ... assistant director (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Savignac ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Jacques Maumont ... sound
Hortion ... sound (uncredited)

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Claude Beausoleil ... camera operator (uncredited)
Roger Robert ... key grip (uncredited)

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Jean Vigo ... dedicatee
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Plot Summary

During a war, the poor and ignorant brothers Ulysses and Michel-Ange are lured and recruited by two soldiers that promise wealth to them in the name of their King. The greedy wife of Ulysses Cleopatre and her daughter Venus ask them to enlist to pursue fortune. They travel to Italy and become unscrupulous criminals of war. When Ulysses is wounded in one eye, he returns home with Michel-Ange and a small bag full of postcards of famous locations and the promise that they would be entitled of the properties in the end of the war. However, when the King signs the peace treaty with their enemy, they find that the agreement was actually surrender and they have a prize to pay for their actions. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Also Known As
  • The Carabineers (World-wide, English title)
  • The Carabineers (United States)
  • The Soldiers (United Kingdom)
  • Los carabineros (Spain)
  • Tempo de Guerra (Brazil)
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  • 75 min
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Budget $140,000 (estimated)

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Movie Connections Edited into Une histoire seule (1989). See more »
Quotes [last lines]
Narrator: Henceforth the two brothers slept for an eternity, believing the brain, in decay, functioned beyond death, and its dreams are what constitute Paradise.
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