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Rookies Go to War

Rookies Go to War

Comedy · 1974

A Grand Slapstick comedy about four buddies serving in the army. Their long-suffering sergeant attempts to whip them into shape but the conflict spirals out of control.

Movie details

Rookies Go to War

1974 Comedy 1h 30m

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6.1 / 10

Community rating

A Grand Slapstick comedy about four buddies serving in the army. Their long-suffering sergeant attempts to whip them into shape but the conflict spirals out of control.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Claude Zidi

Written by

Jean Bouchaud · Jean-Paul Farré · Claude Zidi

Gérard Rinaldi

Gérard Rinaldi

Gérard

Jean Sarrus

Jean Sarrus

Jean

Gérard Filipelli

Gérard Filipelli

Phil

Jean-Guy Fechner

Jean-Guy Fechner

Jean-Guy

Jacques Seiler

Jacques Seiler

Sergent Bellec

Marisa Merlini

Marisa Merlini

Paulette Brugnon

Heidy Bohlen

Heidy Bohlen

La psychologue

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Put Rookies Go to War on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.