Main Cast: Jean Gabin, Annabella, Margo Lion, Pierre Renoir, Robert Le Vigan
Release Year: 1935
Country: FR
Run Time: 110 minutes
Plot
Less ambitious than his previous Golgotha, Julien Duvivier's La Bandera is nonetheless more entertaining. A Foreign Legion yarn, La Bandera downplays spectacular battle scenes in favor of a romantic triangle. Accused of murder, Pierre (Jean Gabin) joins the Legion, with detective Lucas (Robert Le Vigan) hot on his trail. Both Pierre and Lucas fall in love with beautiful Bedouin girl Aischa (Annabella), which only intensifies their hatred of one another. The two antagonists are eventually forced to bury the hatchet when fighting shoulder to shoulder against uprising natives. The ending is rather startling, inasmuch as the audience was expected the actor with the best screen billing to get the girl. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Jacques - Art Director, Julien Duvivier - Director, Martha Poncin - Editor, Jean Wiener - Composer (Music Score), Roland Manuel - Composer (Music Score), Jules Kruger - Cinematographer, Marc Fossard - Cinematographer, Julien Duvivier - Screenwriter, Charles Spaak - Screenwriter, Roland Manuel - Screenwriter, Pierre MacOrlan - Book Author
