Jacques Perrin, Nicole Garcia, Charles Denner, Georges Wilson, Claude Jade, Robert Etcheverry, Georges Marchal, Jean-François Poron, Jean Vigny, Christophe Malavoy and Hubert Gignoux in "L'honneur d'un capitaine" (A Captain's Honor) by Pierre Schoendoerffer
L'honneur d'un capitaine
L'honneur d'un capitaine (A Captain's Honor) (1982)
Director:
Pierre Schoendoerffer
The Algerian War is the subject of a television debate in which the sociology professor Paulet (Jean Vigny) denounces the methods of the 1957 killed captain Marcel Caron (Jacques Perrin).
Caron's widow Patricia (Nicole Garcia) is outraged by the charges against her husband and decides to sue Paulet. Her uncle, chairman of the bar (Georges Wilson) refuses to plead for her. Patricia hires a friend, the young lawyer Valouin (Claude Jade). But when the two women learn that Paulet is defended by the successful lawyer Maître Gillard (Charles Denner), they bring Patricia uncle to. In court, the nineteen days are reconstructed under the command of Captain Caron. The former subordinates of Caron at the top say out and it turns out that Caron only came to the head of the battalion one day after the execution of an Algerian traitor. Caron appeared only to restore order. Eighteen days and not nineteen! Caron is not responsible. But here, too, doubts remain about the Caron case. The professor is convicted of defamation, the "honor of a captain" is saved.
Film Death:
Jacques Perrin [Capitaine Marcel Caron]