The Colonel

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The Colonel

2006

1h 50m

Comedy

Drama

War

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A retired colonel is assassinated a few days after appearing on a television program about the Algerian war. The police and the army soon being receiving anonymous mail.

Robert Koehler

Variety

Instead of delivering a wallop to the gut, The Colonel is too rigidly conceived to be anything more than a polite reminder of man's inhumanity to man.

Sep 12, 2006

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

The Colonel ... is obviously sincere and concerned with compelling moral and political issues. This is not a trivial or unserious work.

Feb 14, 2021

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Prairie Miller

WBAI Web Radio

Far too muted and reticent for a film about colonial occupation, mass carnage and secret military interrogation and torture, Mon Colonel is nevertheless a well meaning anti-war movie with integrity and conscience.

May 19, 2007

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Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

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Rated: 2/5

Apr 18, 2007

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Jon Popick

Planet S Magazine

Like an expanded version of Sayid's flashback episode of Lost. Only, like, not nearly as interesting.

Sep 6, 2006

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peter h

it is one of the best anti war films i have ever seen

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/26/20

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Audience Member

Well worth a see. Wonderfully tragic narrative giving insight into French colonial politics and human nature.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

Interesting French-made moral fable about the army's role in the Algerian war.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Real nice movie. Some of the scenes are a tribute to the "Battle of Algiers". The plot is quite simple the young officer dilemna between consciousness and efficiency. The movie then mix several characters, Massu, HÃ©lie de Saint-Marc, AussarÃ©s, Trinquier, Teitgen, Bigeard etc... Stories close to famous cases like Audain are in the background. The crude imagery of "Intimate ennemy" is missing, horror needs to be shown as it was.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

a must seen movies Cost Gavras

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Laurent Herbiet

Director

Olivier Gourmet

Colonel Duplan

Robinson Stévenin

Le lieutenant Guy Rossi

Cécile de France

Le lieutenant Galois

Charles Aznavour

Le père Rossi

Bruno Solo

Le commandant Reidacher

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Synopsis

A retired colonel is assassinated a few days after appearing on a television program about the Algerian war. The police and the army soon being receiving anonymous mail.

Director: Laurent Herbiet
Producer: Salem Brahimi
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 50m