

110 minutes
8/15/1973
In 1956, the professional army of France lacks the manpower to keep the peace in Algeria, the colony which the country is determined to hold on to at any price. For this reason, reservists are called up and subject to an intense period of training before being sent to the front. Rémy March, Alain Charpentier and Raymond Dax are three such young men who have no interest in the military escapade and are reluctant conscripts. What they witness in Algeria will appall and transform them. Rape, torture, executions... there is no end to the atrocities in which they become unwilling participants. No wonder the French military are so willing to proclaim that there is nothing to report...

Jacques Spiesser
as Rémy March

Jacques Weber
as Alain Charpentier

Jean-François Balmer
as Raymond Dax

Jacques Villeret
as Soldat Girot

Claude Brosset
as Adjudant chef Santoni

Roland Blanche
as Sergent Lebel

Jean-Pierre Castaldi
as Sergent Carbone
Hamid Djellouli
as Sergent Hamrane (as Ahmed Djellouli)

Albert Dray
as Soldat Titus

Rabah Loucif
as Supplétif Choukir

Philippe Leroy
as Commandant Lecoq

Michel Peyrelon

Michel Peyrelon
as Lieutenant Keller