Pierre Despont is seconded to a Free French squadron flying with the RAF at Biggin Hill Aerodrome, under the command of René Mouchotte. The fearless Despont becomes close friends with fellow pilots Jean Loessig and Jacques Desmarets, but the squadron's dangerous reconnaissance and combat missions in Spitfire Mk. IX fighters take their toll on the pilots. Loessig goes missing over Normandy during the D-Day landings while Desmarets is killed on the final day of combat in Europe, leaving his wife a widow. Despont survives the war but is left melancholy by the loss of his friends.[4][1]
grand, cirque, film, grand, cirque, 1950, french, film, directed, georges, péclet, based, memoir, same, name, pierre, clostermann, grand, cirquedirected, bygeorges, pécletwritten, byandré, castelotgeorges, pécletjoseph, kesselproduced, byrobert, floratstarring. Le Grand Cirque is a 1950 French war film directed by Georges Peclet It is based on the memoir of the same name by Pierre Clostermann 1 2 3 Le Grand CirqueDirected byGeorges PecletWritten byAndre CastelotGeorges PecletJoseph KesselProduced byRobert FloratStarringPamela SkiffPierre CressoyJean BarrereJean ChristianEdouard DelmontPierre LarqueyCinematographyPaul CotteretMusic byMarcel SternDistributed byImperator FilmsRelease date10th March 1950 France Running time120 minutesCountryFranceLanguagesEnglishFrench Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 4 References 5 External linksPlot editPierre Despont is seconded to a Free French squadron flying with the RAF at Biggin Hill Aerodrome under the command of Rene Mouchotte The fearless Despont becomes close friends with fellow pilots Jean Loessig and Jacques Desmarets but the squadron s dangerous reconnaissance and combat missions in Spitfire Mk IX fighters take their toll on the pilots Loessig goes missing over Normandy during the D Day landings while Desmarets is killed on the final day of combat in Europe leaving his wife a widow Despont survives the war but is left melancholy by the loss of his friends 4 1 Cast editPamela Skiff as Patricia Pierre Cressoy as Pierre Despont Jean Barrere as Jacques Desmarets Jean Christian as Captain Mouchotte Roger Saltel as Jean Loessig Edouard Delmont as Peasant Pierre Larquey as the priest Alexandre Dundas Alain Terrane Manuel Gary as Mechanic Jean Ozenne Jean Vilmont Anne Laurens as Sybil Jacques Roux as an aviator Jacques Marbeuf Andre ChanuRelease editThe film was a moderate success taking 3 043 781 at the French box office 4 References edit a b Les Films Du Mois Le Cineopse organe mensuel de l industrie cinematographique 1 January 1950 Clostermann a Montargis Le Liberateur de la region du Gatinais 8 March 1950 Le Grand Cirque 1950 French Films org a b Le Grand cirque 1950 JP Box Office www jpbox office com Retrieved 2023 01 16 External links editLe Grand Cirque at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to a French film of the 1950s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Le Grand Cirque film amp oldid 1190966255, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
