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The Old Gun( 1975)

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In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu in a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter in the back country village where Julien has an old castle. One week later, Julien decided to meet then for the week end, but the Germans are already occupying the village.

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      Philippe Noiret

      Julien Dandieu

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      Romy Schneider

      Clara Dandieu

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      Jean Bouise

      François

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      Joachim Hansen

      SS Officer

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      Robert Hoffmann

      German Lieutenant

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      Karl Michael Vogler

      Dr. Müller

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      Caroline Bonhomme

      Florence Dandieu (8 years old)

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      Catherine Delaporte

      Florence Dandieu (13 years old)

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      Madeleine Ozeray

      Mme Dandieu, la mère de Julien

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      Jean-Paul Cisife

      Le chef milicien

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      Antoine Saint-John

      Le soldat allemand tué dans la cuisine

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      Jean-Pierre Garrigues

      Un interne à l’hôpital

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      Hermine Delysle

      La religieuse de la remise de prix de fin d'année

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      Micheline Sarto

      L'infirmière, Mlle Langrenier

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      Daniel Breton

      Walter

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      Maurice Bes

      Le pharmacien

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      Bernard Bireaud

      Chef maquisard

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Sep 07 2025
    The Allies are closing in on their small town, but not quite quickly enough for the liking of local surgeon “Dandieu” (Philippe Noiret) so he relocates his wife and daughter to their remote castle, well off the beaten track, in the hope that they can sit out the rest of the war safely. When he takes a drive out to see them some time after, he arrives at it’s small chapel to be met by a vision of carnage. Racing to the castle, he gets there just in time to see the brutality of the Nazis at their worst and immediately vows revenge. Just how, though, can this civilised old gent possibly inflict an...

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    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • dying and death
    • rape
    • repayment
    • ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
    • southern france
    • world war ii
    • castle
    • waffen ss
    • revenge
    • german occupation of france
    • flamethrower
    • death of daughter
    • dead daughter
    • rape and revenge
    • revenge killing
    • 1940s
    • death of wife
    • french family
    • dead wife
    • murdered wife
    • hide
    • south of france
    • double barreled shotgun