Capitaine Conan

Captain Conan original title Capitaine Conan is a 1996 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It is based on the 1934 Prix Goncourtwinning novel Captain Conan Fr. Capitaine Conan by Roger Vercel.

When the Armistice with Bulgaria is signed in September 1918, his unit is sent to Bucharest, capital of Frances ally Romania, as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. Neither fighting nor demobilised, morale plummets and courtsmartial begin. After a successful defence, Norbert is coerced into becoming the prosecutor by the threat that, if he does not, Conan will be charged. In a brutal raid on a crowded nightclub, some of Conans men seized the takings, crippling a female singer and killing the female cashier. With the help of the Romanian police and a French prostitute, Norbert finds the men but gets them light sentences.A widow arrives from France looking for her son, who she finds awaiting trial for desertion. After listening to her story, Norbert thinks that the boy may be blameless and that his officer is out to get him shot. Conan, who hates the officer, agrees and takes Norbert over the old front line where the boy got lost in action. Both become convinced of his innocence. ........

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