Backdrop

The Vultures

April 5, 1943: a battalion of the Foreign Legion arrives in El Ksour, Tunisia, to escort a fortune in gold bars to the home front. A German ambush awaits, and all but four die. Thanks to the street smarts of Sergeant Augagneur, the Legionnaires successfully counter attack. The bank manager and his seductive wife arrive, and so does a German lieutenant, whom the French arrest. Augagneur wants to steal the gold; warrant officer Mahuzard wants to do his duty. A series of alliances form and break apart, the group dwindles in number, and the gold heads south toward Betahoua. But in whose possession?

1984 |1h 35m |  War, Comedy

Cast

cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Sergeant Pierre Augagneur

cast

Michel Constantin

Adjutant Edouard Mahuzard

cast

Jacques Villeret

Brigadier Béral

cast

Michel Creton

Legionnaire Boissier

cast

Marie Laforêt

Hélène Laroche-Fréon

cast

François Perrot

François Laroche-Fréon, director of the bank

cast

Gérard Buhr

Supply camp officer

cast

Matthias Habich

Karl Brenner

cast

Maurice Auzel

Soldier Borzik

cast

Pierre Semmler

Captain Ulrich Dieterle

cast

Caroline Silhol

Mrs. Chanterelle

cast

Michel Beaune

French general (uncredited)

cast

Michel Berreur

Legionnaire (uncredited)

cast

Hans Verner

German Colonel (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

German, French

Budget

-

Revenue

-