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.
Cast
Marino Masé
Ulysses
Patrice Moullet
Michel-Ange
Geneviève Galéa
Venus
Catherine Ribeiro
Cleopatre
Barbet Schroeder
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
Pascale Audret
Girl in Car (uncredited)
Roger Coggio
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)
Crew
Jean-Luc Godard
Director, Writer
Jean Gruault
Writer
Roberto Rossellini
Writer
Agnès Guillemot
Editor
Lila Lakshmanan
Editor
Raoul Coutard
Director of Photography
Jean-Paul Savignac
Assistant Director
Charles L. Bitsch
Assistant Director
Georges de Beauregard
Producer
Carlo Ponti
Producer
Jean-Jacques Fabre
Production Design
Claude Beausoleil
Camera Operator
Hortion
Sound
Jacques Maumont
Sound
Philippe Arthuys
Original Music Composer
Roger Robert
Key Grip
Roger Scipion
Production Manager
Beniamino Joppolo
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