Les Soldats ne sont pas de bois

Original title: Helden

1958
1h 40m

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Liselotte Pulver and O.W. Fischer in Les Soldats ne sont pas de bois (1958)

In 1865, Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as a mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group is attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammu... Read allIn 1865, Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as a mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group is attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and should flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his ... Read allIn 1865, Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as a mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group is attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and should flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 4 nominations total

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What used to be a comedy in 1958.

What used to be a comedy in 1958.

Having seen this movie now in 2017, I notice it was a chamber play by G.B.Shaw, and it was even nominated for an Oscar. It watched it mainly due to the presence of Liselotte Pulver, a swiss beauty and well known, also able, starlet here at those times. Her comedian acting skills in the movie are decent and likable IMO. But the movie as a whole is quite a stretch, not being very entertaining in long parts, sometimes even dull. I guess it's somewhat hard to be able to appreciate the comedy character out of a 2017 view or expectation.

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Producers Peter Goldbaum and Harry R. Sokal acquired the movie rights to George Bernard Shaw's play "Arms and the Man" from the estate of Gabriel Pascal, who planned a movie version of Shaw's play starring Jean Simmons.