In Montauban in 1944, during the Invasion of Normandy, Julien Dandieu is an aging, embittered surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by German troops entering Montauban, Dandieu asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter to the remote village where he owns a château. One week later, Dandieu sets off to meet them for the weekend, but the Germans have now occupied the village. He finds that all the villagers have been herded into the church and shot. In the château, now occupied by the Germans, he finds his daughter shot and his wife immolated by a flame-thrower.
Dandieu decides to kill as many Germans as possible to avenge his family. He takes an old shotgun he used as a child while hunting with his father and sabotages the château's bridge before he starts to kill them one by one, taking advantage of his knowledge of the secret passages within the château. Trapped inside the castle, the Germans begin to think their attackers are French partisans and do not realise that he is, in fact, the only one. When a Resistance detachment drops by, Dandieu refuses their offer to help him and continues his vendetta on his own. Eventually, with no more cartridges for the shotgun, he collects the flame-thrower which killed his beloved wife and uses it to kill the leading SS officer as he, the last survivor, is about to commit suicide.
Alerted by the Resistance, the inhabitants of a nearby village and a company of American soldiers arrive to collect the dead. Dandieu is picked up by Francois, but has suffered a nervous breakdown following the aftermath of the slaughter, behaving as if his family was still alive. The film ends with a flashback to one of his happier days now gone, where he and his family had undertaken a bike tour.
vieux, fusil, english, title, vengeance, 1975, french, west, german, drama, film, directed, robert, enrico, starring, philippe, noiret, romy, schneider, jean, bouise, 1976, césar, award, best, film, best, actor, best, music, nominated, best, director, supporti. Le vieux fusil English title The Old Gun or Vengeance One by One is a 1975 French West German war drama film directed by Robert Enrico and starring Philippe Noiret Romy Schneider and Jean Bouise It won the 1976 Cesar Award for Best Film Best Actor and Best Music and was nominated for best director supporting actor writing cinematography editing and sound The film is based on the Massacre of Oradour sur Glane in 1944 Le vieux fusilTheatrical release posterDirected byRobert EnricoWritten byRobert EnricoPascal JardinClaude VeillotStarringPhilippe NoiretRomy SchneiderJean BouiseCinematographyEtienne BeckerEdited byAva ZoraEva ZoraMusic byFrancois de RoubaixProductioncompaniesLes Productions Artistes AssociesMercure ProductionsTIT Filmproduktion GmbHDistributed byMercure ProductionsRelease date22 August 1975 1975 08 22 Running time103 minutesCountriesFranceWest GermanyLanguagesFrenchEnglishBox office3 365 471 admissions 1 France Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPlot EditIn Montauban in 1944 during the Invasion of Normandy Julien Dandieu is an aging embittered surgeon in the local hospital Frightened by German troops entering Montauban Dandieu asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter to the remote village where he owns a chateau One week later Dandieu sets off to meet them for the weekend but the Germans have now occupied the village He finds that all the villagers have been herded into the church and shot In the chateau now occupied by the Germans he finds his daughter shot and his wife immolated by a flame thrower Dandieu decides to kill as many Germans as possible to avenge his family He takes an old shotgun he used as a child while hunting with his father and sabotages the chateau s bridge before he starts to kill them one by one taking advantage of his knowledge of the secret passages within the chateau Trapped inside the castle the Germans begin to think their attackers are French partisans and do not realise that he is in fact the only one When a Resistance detachment drops by Dandieu refuses their offer to help him and continues his vendetta on his own Eventually with no more cartridges for the shotgun he collects the flame thrower which killed his beloved wife and uses it to kill the leading SS officer as he the last survivor is about to commit suicide Alerted by the Resistance the inhabitants of a nearby village and a company of American soldiers arrive to collect the dead Dandieu is picked up by Francois but has suffered a nervous breakdown following the aftermath of the slaughter behaving as if his family was still alive The film ends with a flashback to one of his happier days now gone where he and his family had undertaken a bike tour Cast EditPhilippe Noiret as Julien Dandieu Romy Schneider as Clara Dandieu Jean Bouise as Francois Joachim Hansen as SS Officer Robert Hoffmann as SS Lieutenant Karl Michael Vogler as Dr Muller Madeleine Ozeray as Julien s MotherSee also EditBruniquel in the Tarn et Garonne department the village where the film was shot Chateau de Bruniquel the landmark of the village where most of the film was shot References Edit Le Vieux fusil 1975 JPBox Office External links EditLe vieux fusil at IMDb Le vieux fusil at AllMovie Le vieux fusil at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Le vieux fusil amp oldid 1135260665, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
