The Army Game (1961)

Original title

Tire-au-flanc 62

Directed by

Claude de Givray

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young army conscripts go through induction and basic training, getting into various comedic situations. The film is a black-and-white French comedy about the absurdity of military life.

lightheartedcomediclivelywhimsicalplayfulfast-pacedsatiricalquirky

What happens

The Army Game (French: Tire-au-flanc 62) is a 1961 French black-and-white comedy about induction and basic training of army conscripts, co-directed by François Truffaut and Claude de Givray. It recorded admissions of 1,290,967 in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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