A remake and rewriting by director Bernard Borderie and scripters of a well-made 1932 film, this routine French drama seems a little outdated. The story has changed from a Russian officer who returns home from the war to find his wife has remarried, to a former paratrooper who tries to drive a stolen truck back from Morocco and suffers an accident -- and the same fate as the Russian. As a result of his injuries and the subsequent delay, the ex-military man is unable to get home as scheduled, and the woman he loves decides that he has left her. Once she "realizes" that supposed truth, she decides to marry her boss. As in the earlier film, one of the protagonists ends up in the French Foreign Legion and all three head toward a fateful meeting in a North African desert.
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Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion Cast
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Christian Marquand
He was 32, 73 years old when he died
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Noëlle Adam
She was 26, now 90 years old
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Joëlle Bernard
She was 31, 48 years old when she died
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Guy Mairesse
He was 49, 43 years old when he died
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Bernard Haller
He was 26, 75 years old when he died
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Daniel Cauchy
He was 29, now 94 years old
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Lutz Gabor
He was 32, now 97 years old
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Paul Pavel
He was 39, 91 years old when he died
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Renaud Mary
He was 41, 58 years old when he died
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Paul Guers
He was 32, 88 years old when he died
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Jean-Claude de Goros
He was 21, now 85 years old
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Yves Barsacq
He was 28, 84 years old when he died
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Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion Crew
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Bernard Borderie as Director. He was 35 (53) years old when He died
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Directing |
