The Amorous Corporal

The Amorous Corporal
Directed by Robert Darène
Written by Gabriel Arout
Robert Darène
Starring François Périer
Rossana Podestà
Music by Guy Magenta
Cinematography Pierre Lhomme
Marcel Weiss
Release dates
  • 1958 (1958)
Language French

The Amorous Corporal (French: La Bigorne, caporal de France) is a 1958 French adventure-comedy film co-written and directed by Robert Darène. Loosely based on the novel La Bigorne, caporal de France by Pierre Nord, it is set in eighteenth-century Madagascar.[1]

Cast

Reception

The film has been widely criticized for its apologetic tones towards colonialism.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Jon Cowans. Empire Films and the Crisis of Colonialism, 1946–1959. JHU Press, 2015. pp. 68–9. ISBN 1421416417.

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