A Captain's Honor

L'Honneur d'un capitaine

1982·120'

Pierre Schoendoerffer

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During a televised debate on the Algerian war in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounced the methods of Captain Caron, killed in action in 1957. The widow of the captain, Patricia, decided to file a defamation suit.

Cast

Nicole Garcia Patricia Caron

Jacques Perrin Marcel Caron

Claude Jade Maître Valouin

Charles Denner Maître Gillard

Georges Wilson Bâtonnier

Georges Marchal General Keller

Robert Etcheverry Commandant Guilloux

Christophe Malavoy Automarchi

Patrick Chauvel Schuster

Jean-François Poron Jakez

Jean Vigny Paulet

Alain Bastien-Thiry Pierre Caron