Comedy ·War · France · 1959 · 1h 46m

Babette Goes to War

Babette s'en va-t-en guerre

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Director
Christian-Jaque
Cast
Brigitte Bardot as Babette Jacques Charrier as Gérard de Crécy Ronald Howard as Fitzpatrick Michael Cramer as Heinrich Hannes Messemer as General von Arenberg René Havard as Louis
Crew
Armand Thirard — Director of Photography Jacques Desagneaux — Editor Gilbert Bécaud — Original Music Composer Jean Ferry — Screenplay Jacques Emmanuel — Screenplay Michel Audiard — Writer
Tagline

Brigitte Bardot is a Comedienne Now!

Synopsis

Comedy about a naive French country girl in London who helps the war effort by parachuting into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important German general. She bungles through to a heroic finish of plot and counter-plot.

Mood & Themes
london, englandfrench girl
Key Collaborators
Christian-Jaque Director Armand Thirard Director of Photography Jacques Desagneaux Editor Gilbert Bécaud Original Music Composer Jean Ferry Screenplay Jacques Emmanuel Screenplay Michel Audiard Writer Raoul Lévy Producer Jean André Production Design
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