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

François Périer as La Bigorne
Rossana Podestà as Bethi
Robert Hirsch as Boisrose
Jean Lefebvre as Potirond
Jean Carmet as Balluché
Henri Cogan as Tom Wright

Reception

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

References

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

External links

The Amorous Corporal at the Internet Movie Database

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