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Tire-au-flanc

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How it feels

A soldier experiences a series of mishaps during his military service. The film is based on a stage comedy.

light-heartedplayfulcomicbrisktheatricalwhimsicalsimple

What happens

Tire-au-flanc est un film français muet réalisé en 1912 par Georges Lordier. Il s'agit de la première adaptation à l'écran de la pièce à succès écrite en 1904 par André Sylvane et André Mouëzy-Éon, qui sera suivie de quatre autres adaptations cinématographiques, en 1928 par Jean Renoir, en 1933 par Henry Wulschleger, en 1950 par Fernand Rivers et en 1961 par François Truffaut et Claude de Givray. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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