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The Amorous Corporal

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The Amorous Corporal
Directed byRobert Darène
Written byGabriel Arout
Robert Darène
StarringFrançois Périer
Rossana Podestà
CinematographyPierre Lhomme
Marcel Weiss
Music byGuy Magenta
Release date
  • 1958 (1958)
LanguageFrench

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]

Plot

Cast

Reception

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

References

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