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Martin Soldat (1966)

Martin Soldat poster
Directed by
Michel Deville
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An actor pretends to be a soldier in World War II. He is mistaken for a real soldier and ends up hailed as a war hero during the Allied Liberation of France in 1944.

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What happens

Kiss Me General (original title: Martin Soldat) is a 1966 French comedy film directed by Michel Deville and starring Robert Hirsch, Véronique Vendell, Walter Rilla, Marlène Jobert and Anthony Sharp. An actor disguises himself as a soldier during the Second World War, but is mistaken for a soldier and becomes a war hero during the Allied Liberation of France in 1944. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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