Captain Conan and the Wolves of War

Movie
German title	Captain Conan and the Wolves of War
Original title	Captain Conan
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	1996
length	129 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Bertrand Tavernier
script	Jean Cosmos Roger Vercel Bertrand Tavernier
production	Frédéric Bourboulon Alain Sarde
music	Oswald d'Andrea
camera	Alain Choquart
cut	Luce Grunenwaldt
occupation
Philippe Torreton : Capt. Conan Samuel Le Bihan : Norbert Bernard Le Coq : Lt. De Scève Catherine Rich : Madeleine Erlane François Berléand : Commandant Bouvier Claude Rich : Gen. Pitard de Lauzier André Falcon : Col. Voirin Claude Brosset : Père Dubreuil Crina Muresan : Ilyana Cécile Vassort : Georgette François Levantal : Forgeol Pierre Val : Jean Erlane Roger Knobelspiess : Maj. Cuypene Frédéric Pierrot : Chef de train
synchronization

Captain Conan and the Wolves of War (Original title: Capitaine Conan ) is a 1996 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier based on the award-winning novel by Roger Vercel with Philippe Torreton in the lead role.

action

In September 1918 the First World War, which had been raging in Europe for four years, draws to a close. On the Salonika front, the Bulgarians, allied with Germany, and the Allies fought hard.

In the last battle before Bulgaria's surrender, the Sokol massif was stormed by the Allies and Captain Conan and his fifty comrades in arms, mostly former prisoners from military prisons, played a decisive role. It is a special force that operates according to its own ruthless rules. They feel like the real heroes, which is why Conan no longer understands his former friend Norbert, who is now investigating crimes of his own troops for court-martial. After the armistice has finally been signed, Captain Conan's men come to Romania. Some form gangs, make the area around Bucharest unsafe and terrorize the civilian population. The war turned men into barbarians. Eventually the unit is transferred to the Russian border to fight the Bolsheviks .

When they finally return to their homeland, bourgeois life has no more room for them and they sink into insignificance.

Reviews

The lexicon of international film described the film as “a touching tragic comedy, carried by a brilliant leading actor who negates any meaningful function of war and creates an illusion-free image”. Cinema said Tavernier was "relentlessly illustrating the reality of war" and "condemning militarism as well as misunderstood heroism". The conclusion was: "Powerful reckoning with the war madness."

Awards

César

Won:

• Best Director (Bertrand Tavernier)
• Best Actor (Philippe Torreton)

Nominated:

• Best movie
• Best Young Actor (Samuel Le Bihan)
• Best Screenplay (Bertrand Tavernier and Jean Cosmos)
• Best Production Design (Guy-Claude François)
• Best Costumes ( Agnès Evein and Jacqueline Moreau )
• Best tone ( Gérard Lamps and Michel Desrois)

synchronization

role	actor	Voice actor
Capt. Conan	Philippe Torreton	Gudo Hoegel
Commandant Bouvier	François Berléand	Dieter Memel
Rouzic	Jean-Yves Roan	Thomas Albus
Weapons specialist	Eric Savin	Kai Taschner

Web links

• Captain Conan and the wolves of war in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Captain Conan and the wolves of war at Turner Classic Movies (English)
• Captain Conan and the wolves of war on film.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Janet Maslin: Confronting Peace, a Warrior Finds His Greatest Challenge. In: The New York Times . September 10, 1997, accessed February 3, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Captain Conan and the Wolves of War. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 9, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Captain Conan and the Wolves of War . In: Cinema . Retrieved March 2, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Capitaine Conan. academie-cinema.org, accessed March 2, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Captain Conan and the Wolves of War. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .