The last fight (film)

Movie
German title	The last fight
Original title	Le Dernier Combat
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	1983
length	89 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Luc Besson
script	Luc Besson Pierre Jolivet
production	Constantin Alexandrov
music	Eric Serra
camera	Carlo Varini
cut	Sophie Schmit
occupation
Pierre Jolivet : Man Jean Bouise : Doctor Fritz Wepper : Ruler of the car cemetery (Captain) Jean Reno : Blank Christiane Krüger : wife of the ruler Maurice Lamy : dwarf Pierre Carrive : Captain's Man Jean-Michel Castanié : Captain's Man Michel Doset : Captain's Man Bernard Havet : Captain's Man Marcel Berthomier : Captain's Man Petra Müller : captured woman Garry Jode : Captain's Man

The Final Fight is a 1983 French science fiction film directed by Luc Besson .

action

After a worldwide catastrophe, only a few people are still alive - almost all of them men - who can barely speak and are in a constant battle for water, food and the few remaining women.

background

• The film was shot in black and white.
• There is only one dialogue in the whole film: After “the man” has been nursed back to health by the doctor, after inhaling a gas they manage to greet each other with difficulty with “Bon… jour”.
• Besson's first full-length feature film.
• The German premiere was April 6, 1984.

criticism

Lexicon of international film : A dark, surreal-encoded end-time film about existential behavior under extreme conditions, aesthetically extremely attractive.

Awards

• 1983: Special jury award at the Fantastic Film Festival in Avoriaz
• 1983: Critics' Prize at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
• 1984: Grand Prize for the best film at Fantasporto
• 1984: Nominated for the César in the Best Debut Film category

Web links

• The final battle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The last fight atRotten Tomatoes(English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The last fight. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .