Tire-au-flanc 62
1962 War / Comedy   
 
  • Director: Claude de Givray, François Truffaut
  • Script: Claude de Givray, André Mouézy-Éon, André Sylvane, François Truffaut
  • Photo: Raoul Coutard
  • Music: Ricet-Barrier
  • Cast: Christian de Tillière (Jean Lerat de la Grignotière), Serge Davri (le colonel Chamerlot), Jacques Balutin (le caporal Bourache), Anne Augay (Catherine), Ricet-Barrier (Joseph), François Truffaut (un conscrit), Annie Lefèbure (la fiancée de Joseph)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 87 min; B&W
  • Aka: The Army Game; The Sad Sack
 
 
 
Summary
A young man Jean Lerat begins his military service at an army camp.  Despite his aunt’s attempts to pull a few strings to his advantage, the unfortunate Lerat manages to get on the wrong side of his bullying colonel...

Review
After his success with his film Les Quatre cents coups, François Truffaut decided to have a go as a producer.  In 1961, he encouraged his assistant Claude de Givray to collaborate with him on a film adaptation of a comic play about army life, Tire-au-flanc.

Although the collaboration was an amiable one which produced an entertaining film, the outcome was far from successful.  The film proved to be a commercial disaster and caused Truffaut to renounce any ambitions to produce his own films in future.

© James Travers 2000


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