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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.
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France
asCaptain Hurluret
asVanderague
asFricot
asLaplote
asAdjutant Flick
asPotiron
asChief Sergeant Barnot
asBrigadier Vergisson
asGeneral
asLa Guillaumette
asCroquebol
asBarchetti
asMadame Bijou, canteen lady
asLieutenant Mousseret
asQuartermaster Bernot
asPork butcher
asLaundress
as(uncredited)
asBoss of the Beuglant (uncredited)
asRider (uncredited)
asLedru (uncredited)
asSoldier peeling potatoes (uncredited)
asPeplat (uncredited)
asFortune teller (uncredited)
asFavret (uncredited)
asLaigrepin (uncredited)
asSoldier (uncredited)
asDupont (uncredited)
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