Les Dégourdis de la 11ème (1937) - film review

At their barracks at Montauban in 1906, Patard, the humble orderly of Colonel Touplard, and his two friends, Pomme and Salé, are the laziest soldiers in the 11th Company.  The Colonel, an old soldier who is used to pushing his men to the limits of their endurance, has just received instructions from his superiors to improve morale by organising some leisure activities.  He decides to stage a production of a play written by his sister Hortensia, a play auspiciously titled The Roman Orgy.  The hero of the piece will be played by Parard, with Pomme and Salé in supporting roles.  The three reluctant soldiers are not slow to realise that this skirmish with amateur dramatics will allow them to evade their more arduous duties...

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