Lost Command

May 1, 1966

2h 9m

★ 6.1

They lived and loved and fought across three continents !

Overview

After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt. Boisfeuras, who lives for it, Raspeguy attempts to convert a rugged band of soldiers into a formidable fighting unit, with the promise of marrying a beautiful countess if he's made a general.

Genres

Action

War

Production Companies

Red Lion

Lost Command Trailers

Cast

Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy

Anthony Quinn

Captain Phillipe Esclavier

Alain Delon

Lt. Mahidi

George Segal

Countess de Clairefons

Michèle Morgan

Capain. Boisfeuras

Maurice Ronet

Aisha

Claudia Cardinale

Ben Saad

Grégoire Aslan

Gen. Melies

Jean Servais

Merle

Maurice Sarfati

Orsini

Jean-Claude Bercq

Viet Officer

Burt Kwouk

Verte

Syl Lamont

From May 10, 1940, France is living one of the worst tragedies of it history. In a few weeks, the country folds, and then collapsed in facing the attack of the Nazi Germany. On June 1940, each day is a tragedy. For the first time, thanks to historic revelations, and to numerous never seen before images and documents and reenacted situations of the time, this film recounts the incredible stories of those men and women trapped in the torment of this great chaos.

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