The Amorous Corporal
The Amorous Corporal 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.
It was the first cinematography credit for Pierre Lhomme.
It aired on cable TV in the US in 1973 as part of a package of non-English language movies called "Movies for Swingers".
Plot
Cast
- François Périer as La Bigorne
- Rossana Podestà as Bethi
- Robert Hirsch as Boisrose
- Jean Lefebvre as Potirond
- Jean Carmet as Balluché
- Henri Cogan as Tom Wright
Reception