Le vieux fusil
Encyclopedia
Le vieux fusil is a 1975
French film directed by Robert Enrico
, and starring Philippe Noiret
, Romy Schneider
and Jean Bouise
. It won the 1976
César Award for Best Film
, Best Actor
and Best Music
, and was nominated for best director, supporting actor, writing, cinematography, editing and sound. The film is based on the Massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane
in 1944.
1975 in film
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French film directed by Robert Enrico
Robert Enrico
Robert Georgio Enrico was a French film director and scriptwriter.He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France.-Filmography as director:* Fait d'hiver...
, and starring Philippe Noiret
Philippe Noiret
Philippe Noiret was a French film actor.-Biography:Noiret's father was in the clothes trade. Philippe was an indifferent scholar and attended several prestigious Paris schools, including the Lycée Janson de Sailly. He failed several times to pass his baccalauréat exams, so he decided to study...
, Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider was an Austrian-born German film actress who also held French citizenship.-Early life:Schneider was born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach in Nazi-era Vienna, six months after the Anschluss, into a family of actors that included her paternal grandmother Rosa Albach-Retty, her Austrian...
and Jean Bouise
Jean Bouise
Jean Bouise was a French actor. In the 1950s he helped to found Théâtre de la Cité, and was a player in the company. He entered films in the 1960s, and played a supporting roles in The Shameless Old Lady, Z, L'Aveu, Out 1 and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Section spéciale...
. It won the 1976
1976 in film
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César Award for Best Film
César Award for Best Film
The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
, Best Actor
César Award for Best Actor
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
and Best Music
César Award for Best Music Written for a Film
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film . Before 2000, the award was called "César Award for Best Music".-1970s:...
, and was nominated for best director, supporting actor, writing, cinematography, editing and sound. The film is based on the Massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane
Oradour-sur-Glane
Oradour-sur-Glane is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Limousin region in west-central France.The original village was destroyed on 10 June 1944, when 642 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company...
in 1944.
Plot
In Montauban in 1944, during the German occupation of France, Julien Dandieu is an aging, embittered surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, Dandieu asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter to the remote village where he owns a castle. One week later, Dandieu decides to meet them for the weekend, but the Germans have now occupied the village. His wife and daughter were both raped and killed by the cruel Nazi soldiers, who shot his small daughter and burned his wife with flame-thrower gun. Dandieu decided to kill as many Germans as possible to avenge his family. He takes the old gun and started to kill them as a partisan. They start to think they are surrounded by many partisans and don't realise that he is, in fact, the only one, taking advantage of his knowledge of the place. He beats one of the fascists to death, shoots some of them and let two of them drown in the well, where he closes the grid, preventing them from escaping. After that, he finds the flame-thrower gun, which killed his beloved wife, takes it and kills the Nazi officer through the wall, while he's standing surprised in front of the mirror. The film ends with deliberation of the place with French soldiers.Cast
- Philippe NoiretPhilippe NoiretPhilippe Noiret was a French film actor.-Biography:Noiret's father was in the clothes trade. Philippe was an indifferent scholar and attended several prestigious Paris schools, including the Lycée Janson de Sailly. He failed several times to pass his baccalauréat exams, so he decided to study...
as Julien Dandieu - Romy SchneiderRomy SchneiderRomy Schneider was an Austrian-born German film actress who also held French citizenship.-Early life:Schneider was born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach in Nazi-era Vienna, six months after the Anschluss, into a family of actors that included her paternal grandmother Rosa Albach-Retty, her Austrian...
as Clara Dandieu - Jean BouiseJean BouiseJean Bouise was a French actor. In the 1950s he helped to found Théâtre de la Cité, and was a player in the company. He entered films in the 1960s, and played a supporting roles in The Shameless Old Lady, Z, L'Aveu, Out 1 and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Section spéciale...
as François - Joachim HansenJoachim Hansen (actor)Joachim Hansen was a German actor. He was best known for film roles in the 1960s and 1970s where he was often cast in roles portraying Nazi officers and World War II German officials....
as SS officer - Robert HoffmannRobert HoffmannRobert Hoffmann is an Austrian actor best known for his title role performance in The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe , his debut....
as Lieutenant - Karl Michael VoglerKarl Michael VoglerKarl Michael Vogler was a German actor probably best known for his appearances in several big-budget English-language films of the 1960s and 1970s, including The Blue Max where he co-starred with George Peppard and Ursula Andress followed a few years later by Patton, in which he portrayed Erwin...
as Doctor Müller - Madeleine OzerayMadeleine OzerayMadeleine Ozeray , was a French stage and film actress. She appeared in many films between 1932 and 1980...
as Julien's Mother
See also
- BruniquelBruniquelBruniquel is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southern France.-Geography:The tiny fortified village of 561 inhabitants is at an altitude of 250 metres by the river Aveyron....
, in the Tarn et Garonne department, the village where the film was shot. - Château de BruniquelChâteau de BruniquelThe Château de Bruniquel is a castle in the French commune of Bruniquel, in the Tarn-et-Garonne département of the Midi-Pyrénées region of France. Legend has it that the Merovingian queen Brunehaut founded the castle in the 6th century.- Name :...
, the landmark of the village, where most of the film was shot.