At Dunkirk, Sergeant Maillat (Jean-Paul Belmondo) finds himself stranded with three comrades; the perpetually armed Pinot (Georges Gerat), water fetcher Dhery (Pierre Mondy) and Pierson (Jean-Pierre Marielle) the former priest turned soldier with whom Maillat engages in sporadic theological debate. Under constant aerial bombardment Maillat attempts to secure permission from a British officer to join a ship departing for England … Read the rest
Tag: Henri Verneuil
Le Serpent (Henri Verneuil, France/Italy, 1973)
A Russian Colonel named Vlassov (Yul Brynner) defects with a list of high ranking double agents working in the West he’s willing to turn over to CIA head Davies (Henry Fonda). As word of the traitors trickles back to the countries concerned the suspects begin turning up dead by suicide and it looks as though Vlassov’s been telling the truth. … Read the rest
