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The Adventures of Gerard (1970)

The Adventures of Gerard poster
Directed by
Jerzy Skolimowski
Genre
drama film, comedy film, adventure film
Country
United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
16
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A French brigadier during the Napoleonic wars gets involved in a series of comic adventures. The film follows his exploits with various allies and enemies across Europe.

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What happens

The Adventures of Gerard is a 1970 British-Italian-Swiss adventure comedy film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Peter McEnery, Claudia Cardinale, Eli Wallach, and Jack Hawkins. It was based on the 1896 collection The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle. In 2011 the director called it "my worst movie". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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