Les Bidasses en folie (1971)

Original title

Les bidasses en folie

Directed by

Claude Zidi

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

U

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 106 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of misfit friends join the army and create havoc through a series of clumsy and absurd mishaps. They constantly get into trouble with their strict sergeant.

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What happens

Les Bidasses en folie (lit. 'The Crazy Soldiers'), also known under the English titles Rookies Run Amok and The Five Crazy Boys, is a French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi (in his director debut) released in 1971. The film was a major box-office hit. It was the film breakthrough of comedy team Les Charlots (AKA "The Crazy Boys"), who remained very popular in France throughout the 1970s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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