The Boy Soldier

1h 58m
DramaWar
7.4

In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for his son's more gentle temperament, or for his interest in films.

Cast

Lucas Belvaux
Simon Chalumot
Jean Carmet
L'adjudant Chalumot
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Commandant Félix
Jean-François Stévenin
Sergent Billotet
Jacques Denis
Brizoulet
Evelyn Cotton
Soeur Béatrice
Daniel Mesguich
Capitaine Mourre
Jean-Pol Dubois
Capitaine des Aubelles
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Capitaine Maryla
Jean-Marc Thibault
Pradier
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Commandant de la Mazardière
Serge Moati
Le professeur de français
Thelonious Bernard
Unknown

Crew

Yves Boisset
Director, Screenplay
Jacques Kirsner
Screenplay
Yves Gibeau
Novel
Albert Jurgenson
Editor
Pierre-William Glenn
Director of Photography
Alain Sarde
Producer
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer

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