Film Synopsis
During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, in the vicinity of Sedan,
Léon, a French soldier, and Fritz, a German soldier, meet whilst
bathing in a river. They strike up an immediate friendship and
end up putting on each other's uniforms by mistake. Separated
from their respective patrols, the two soldiers take refuge in a farm,
where they are welcomed by a lively grandmother. The latter's
attractive daughter Marguerite soon comes between the two men...
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Film Credits
- Director: Helmut Käutner
- Script: Helmut Käutner, Jean L'Hôte (novel)
- Cinematographer: Jacques Letellier
- Music: Bernhard Eichhorn
- Cast: Hardy Krüger (Fritz Brösicke),
Jean Richard (Leon Riffard),
Dany Carrel (Marguerite),
Françoise Rosay (La grand-mère de Marguerite),
Theo Lingen (Colonel Tuplitz),
Lucien Nat (Captain),
Yves Barsacq (Un Français),
Helmut Käutner (Königliche Hoheit),
Fritz Tillmann (Hauptmann Knöpfer),
Ralf Wolter (Uhlan Lehmann),
Émile Genevois,
Georg Gütlich,
Rolf Kutschera,
Henri Marteau,
Henri Maïk,
Robert Rollis,
Willy Rösner,
Hans Verner
- Country: West Germany / France
- Language: German
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 90 min
- Aka: Die Gans von Sedan