Fun in the Barracks

Fun in the Barracks
Directed by	Maurice Tourneur
Written by	Georges Courteline (play) Edouard Nores (play) Georges Dolley
Starring	Raimu Jean Gabin Fernandel René Donnio
Cinematography	Raymond Agnel René Colas
Edited by	Jacques Tourneur
Production company	Pathé-Natan
Distributed by	Pathé-Natan
Release dates	18 September 1932
Running time	85 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Fun in the Barracks (French: Les Gaîtés de l'escadron or Les Gaietés de l'escadron) is a 1932 French comedy film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Raimu, Jean Gabin and Fernandel. It was based on a play by Georges Courteline and Edouard Nores. Tourneur was remaking the story, having previously filmed a silent version in 1913.^[1] The film was one of the most expensive made by Tourneur and was a popular commercial hit.^[2]

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Raimu as Le capitaine Hurluret
Jean Gabin as Fricot
Fernandel as Vanderague
René Donnio as Laplote
Charles Camus as Adjudant Flick
Pierre Labry as Potiron
Frédéric Munié as Lieutenant Mousseret
Lucien Nat as Maréchal des Logis chef Barnot
Pierre Ferval as Brigadier Vergisson
Georges Bever as La Guillaumette
Paul Azaïs as Croquebol
Roland Armontel as Barchetti
Louis Cari as Fourrier Bernot
Henry Roussel as Le général
Ketty Pierson as La charcutière
Jacqueline Brizard as La blanchisseuse
Mady Berry as Madame Bijou - la cantinière

References

↑ Waldman p.146
↑ Waldman p.146

Bibliography

Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2008.

External links

Fun in the Barracks at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Maurice Tourneur

1910s	Jean la Poudre (1913) The System of Doctor Goudron (1913) The Gaieties of the Squadron (1913) Tricks of Love (1913) The Last Pardon (1913) The Cameo (1913) Mother (1914) The Man of the Hour (1914) The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) The Red Promenade (1914) The Pit (1914) The Sparrow (1914) Monsieur Lecoq (1914) The Secret of the Well (1914) Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) Trilby (1915) The Cub (1915) The Ivory Snuff Box (1915) The Butterfly on the Wheel (1915) The Pawn of Fate (1915) The Hand of Peril (1916) The Closed Road (1916) The Velvet Paw (1916) The Rail Rider (1916) A Girl's Folly (1916) The Whip (1917) The Undying Flame (1917) Exile (1917) The Law of the Land (1917) The Pride of the Clan (1917) The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) Barbary Sheep (1917) The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917) Rose of the World (1917) The Blue Bird (1918) Prunella (1918) A Doll's House (1918) The Sporting Life (1918) Woman (1918) My Lady's Garter (1919) The White Heather (1919) The Life Line (1919) Victory (1919) The Broken Butterfly (1919)

1920s	The County Fair (1920) The Great Redeemer (1920) While Paris Sleeps (1920) Treasure Island (1920) The White Circle (1920) Deep Waters (1920) The Last of the Mohicans (1920) The Bait (1921) The Foolish Matrons (1921) Lorna Doone (1922) The Brass Bottle (1923) The Christian (1923) The Isle of Lost Ships (1923) Jealous Husbands (1923) Torment (1924) The White Moth (1924) The Sporting Life (1925) Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) Aloma of the South Seas (1926) Old Loves and New (1926) The Crew (1928) The Ship of Lost Souls (1929)

1930s	Accused, Stand Up! (1930) Fun in the Barracks (1932) L'Homme mystérieux (1933) The Two Orphans (1933) Justin de Marseille (1934) Le Voleur (1934) Koenigsmark (1935) Samson (1936) With a Smile (1936) The Patriot (1938) Katia (1938)

1940s	Volpone (1941) La Min du diable (1943) Cécile est morte (1944) After Love (1948) Dilemma of Two Angels (1948)

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