The film in a bit cynical, which i did not care for, but on the other hand, given that the french killed nearly 1. Lost command takes the identical circumstances, in almost every detail historically, its fairly accurate, and tells the story from a disinterested american point of view, interpreting a jingoistic french potboiler novel. The 1972 film the undergraduate, directed by ed wood, has been lost. Kwouk made his film debut in the film windoms way 1957. French army colonel raspeguy leads his paratroopers in battle against the communist viet minh in indochina and against algerian guerrilla during the algerian war.
There are melodramatic touches about lost command, but it remains nevertheless one of the better war movies to come along. Pierre raspeguy anthony quinn is sent to help quell resistance forces in algeria. I have to say that it is a good movie which not only serves as an entertaining drama unlike the previously mentioned which was more documentarylike, but a. In 1954 during the final days of french military involvement in indochina french army colonel pierrenoel raspeguy is leading his paratroopers in the decisive battle of dien bien phu. The last command is a 1955 trucolor western film directed by frank lloyd starring sterling hayden, anna maria alberghetti, richard carlson, arthur hunnicutt, ernest borgnine and j. King kong, known as the king kong show amongst fans, was a 1966 animated cartoon loosely based on the film king kong 1933. The film has similarities to another film, released a year later, titled the dirty dozen, in that you have a band of misfits lead by a strong leader, forced to take on a very dangerous assignment, so i cant help but wonder if that film took a little from lost command. After being freed from a vietnamese war prison, french lt. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing lost command near you. Lost command on dvd 043396077393 from sony pictures home entertainment.
Lost command les centurions is a 1966 war film starring anthony quinn, alain delon. Hbomb lost in spain b52 bomber collides with a kc5 jet tanker over spains mediterranean coast, dropping three 70kiloton hydrogen bombs. The lost command, the second in the lost starship series, is written heads and shoulders above the first book. He was best known for playing cato fong, inspector clouseaus manservant, in the pink panther film. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. Main protagonist of the lost command is a french peasant determined to become a newcomer to the military aristocracy. The lost command is a good, but shallow historical overview of french military tactics, but the movie is worth watching through the intense and fine acting by anthony quinn and alain delon, who bring strong emotional characters to the screen, the reasons why colonialism always ends badly for the dominant power, as those colonies are stirred. This film is directed by action director mark robson the bridges at tokori. Claudia cardinale bio, divorce, net worth, ethnicity.
Lost command 1966 16 05011966 us action, war 2h 9m user score. The french army is engaged in counter insurgency operations in both. In 1966, as the vietnam war is revving into high gear, the was the only american movie to tackle subject matter relevant. Download pdf copies of the entire list of registry titles sorted alphabetically or by year of release. September 2018 learn how and when to remove this template message. Staring anthony quinn, george segal, alain delon and michelle morgan. Buy the lost command movie posters from movie poster shop. And still, at the end of this one as with the first one, i want more. They lived and loved and fought across three continents. The lost command movie posters from movie poster shop.
Total number of members who have this title in their. Her famous movies include rocco and his brothers 1960, girl with a. Pierre raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in algeria. Based on jean larteguys the centurions, mark robsons drama is an account of frenchalgerian guerrilla fighting in world war iiera north africa. The movie elevates camp to an art form and has a blast doing it, every gloriously tongueincheek inch of the way.
Claudia cardinale is an italian, tunisian film actress who appeared in most of applauding european films of the 1960s and 1970s. This film is directed by action director mark robson the bridges at toko ri. The national society of film critics was established in 1966, with its cofounders including pauline kael, joe morgenstern and richard schickel. Complete national film registry listing film registry. A complete print of the previously lost wood pornographic film the young marrieds was discovered.
One of his earliest film roles was in the inn of the sixth happiness 1958 in the role of the leader of a prison revolt who later aids the main character gladys aylward ingrid bergman in heroically leading orphans to safety. This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. The lost command first published as the centurions by jean larteguy, xan fielding translator. Lost command 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Colonel raspeguys frantic calls for reinforcements only brings a token force of a planeload of paratroopers and ammunition. Melies jean servais sent only one plane, and further believes that melies intends to make him responsible for the entire debacle at dien bien phu. Roy fehler is a law student with a family and has joined the lapd until he can complete. Parasite wins best picture from national society of film. The matchbook is a detonator, as medical studentalgerian militant posing as a tart from the casbah aicha claudia cardinale, is thrown about by french officers anthony quinn, maurice ronet, alain delon in lost command, 1966. The series was a collaboration between videocraft, later known as rankinbass rudolph the rednosed reindeer, frosty the snowman and toei animation dr. Superb 1966 film about the frenchalgerian war that occured between 1954 to 1962. The command 2005 film the command, the us release title of kursk, a 2018 submarine disaster film. Overview of lost command, 1966, directed by mark robson, with anthony quinn, alain delon, george segal, at turner classic movies. Robson had less success with lost command 1966, a drama about the algerian. Recommendation engine sorted out cult film, psychotronic, realistic and suspenseful films with plots about murder, gun, rape, blood, violence, terrorist and female nudity. Lost command 1966 cast and crew after being freed from a vietnamese war prison, french lt. Read the the lost command movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. A weakened french garrison faces a major assault by communist viet minh troops.
Lost command 1966 after being freed from a vietnamese war prison, french lt. She featured especially in italian and french, but also in different englishlanguage films. Lost command1966 original theatrical trailer youtube. The plot concerns the french war in algeria although the film begins with the french defeat at dien bien phu in indochina. Claudia cardinale bio, divorce, net worth, ethnicity married biography who is claudia cardinale. After being released, raspeguy is placed in command of a unit in algeria and is ordered. The film focuses on the story of french paratroopers battling in french indochina and french algeria. Lost command internet movie firearms database guns in. Carrol naish based on the life of jim bowie and the battle of the alamo. Complete national film registry listing sort films by title, year of release, and year inducted into the registry by using the up and down arrows at the top of each column. The french are trying to prevent algeria from obtaining full independence from france.
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