''Kiss Me General'' (original title: ''Martin Soldat'') is a 1966 French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Michel Deville Michel Deville (born 13 April 1931) is a French film director and screenwriter. Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level of critical and in ...

and starring Robert Hirsch,

Véronique Vendell Véronique Vendell (born Véronique Duraffourd, 21 July 1942) is a French actress. She appeared mainly in French and German productions, but had roles in both Peter Glenville's ''Becket'' and Sam Peckinpah's ''Cross of Iron'' and its sequel '' ...

Walter Rilla Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent.Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), pg. 213 He appea ...

Marlène Jobert Marlène Jobert (born 4 November 1940) is a French actress and author. Life and career Jobert was born in Algiers, Algeria, to a Sephardic Jewish and Pied-Noir family, the daughter of Eliane Azulay and Charles Jobert, who served in the French A ...

and

Anthony Sharp Dennis Anthony John Sharp (16 June 1915 – 23 July 1984) was an English actor, writer and director. Stage career Anthony Sharp was a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and made his stage debut in February 1938 ...

. An actor disguises himself as a soldier during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, but is mistaken for a soldier and becomes a war hero during the Allied Liberation of France in 1944.BFI.org
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Cast

* Robert Hirsch - Martin *

- Zouzou *

- Général von Haffelrats *

- La résistante *

- Major *

Reinhard Kolldehoff Reinhard Kolldehoff (29 April 1914 – 18 November 1995) was a German film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1941 and 1988. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Gasman'' (1941) - Polizeibeamter (uncr ...

- Le chef de la Gestapo * Paul-Emile Deiber - Le général de Lamarzelle * Adrien Cayla-Legrand - Charles De Gaulle.

References

External links

* 1966 films 1966 comedy films French comedy films 1960s French-language films Films directed by Michel Deville Western Front of World War II films Cultural depictions of Charles de Gaulle 1960s French films {{1960s-comedy-film-stub