Le vieux fusil
Le vieux fusil (English title: The Old Gun or Vengeance One by One) is a 1975 French-West German war-drama movie directed by Robert Enrico, and starring Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider and Jean Bouise. It takes place in Nazi German-occupied France during World War II. The movie is based on the Massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane in 1944.
| Le vieux fusil | |
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| Directed by | Robert Enrico |
| Written by | Robert Enrico Pascal Jardin Claude Veillot |
| Starring | Philippe Noiret Romy Schneider Jean Bouise |
| Cinematography | Étienne Becker |
| Edited by | Ava Zora Eva Zora |
| Music by | François de Roubaix |
Production companies | Les Productions Artistes Associés Mercure Productions TIT Filmproduktion GmbH |
| Distributed by | Mercure Productions |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Countries | France West Germany |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 3,365,471 FF[1] (France) |
Plot change
In August 1944, during World War II, Julien Dandieu, a doctor who lives in Montauban in southern France with his wife Clara and his daughter Florence, is worried about the approaching battles of the retreating German army, and the advancing Allied armies and the French Resistance. Julien asks his friend François to drive his wife and daughter to the remote village where he owns a château, to keep them safe from the battles. A week later, Julien leaves Montauban to meet them for the weekend. While he was away, the German army massacres all the inhabitants of the village. When Julien arrives, he finds that all the villagers have been put inside the church and shot dead. In the château, now occupied by the German troops, he finds his daughter shot dead and he witnesses the killing of his wife with a flamethrower. He decides to take revenge on the Nazis.
Cast change
- Philippe Noiret as Julien Dandieu
- Romy Schneider as Clara Dandieu
- Jean Bouise as François
- Joachim Hansen as SS Officer
- Robert Hoffmann as SS Lieutenant
- Karl Michael Vogler as Dr. Müller
- Madeleine Ozeray as Julien's Mother
- Catherine Delaporte as Florence Dandieu