The Gates of Fire
1972 film
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The Gates of Fire (French: Les portes de feu) is a 1972 French war drama film directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert and starring Emmanuelle Riva, Dany Carrel, Annie Cordy and Juliette Mills.[1] [2] Location shooting took place in the Camargue in Southern France standing in for wartime Libya.
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| Directed by | Claude Bernard-Aubert |
| Written by | Claude Bernard-Aubert Roger Delpey |
| Produced by | Roger Delpey |
| Starring | Emmanuelle Riva Dany Carrel Annie Cordy Juliette Mills |
| Cinematography | Raymond Le Moigne |
| Edited by | Andrée Davanture |
| Music by | Alain Goraguer |
Production company | Paris Film Productions |
| Distributed by | Alcifrance |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Synopsis
In 1942 during the North African campaign of World War II, four Free French nurses are captured by a German patrol during Rommel's offensive following the First Battle of El Alamein. After a psychological trying time they are eventually able to turn the tables on their captors and bring them back to Allied lines.
Cast
- Emmanuelle Riva as La baronne
- Dany Carrel as Solange
- Annie Cordy as Andrée
- Juliette Mills as Lili
- Georges Aminel as Le docteur
- Jacques Brunet as Ludwig
- Rolph Spath as Hans
- Jacques Balutin as Soldat de garde
- Alexandre Grecq as Kurd
- Antoine Baud as Franz
