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Babette Goes To War

£65.00

Film

Babette Goes To War

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Year

1959

Size/Type

French ‘Petite’ Affiche – door panel style / Single Sided / (15.25″ x 31″) / IMP. HERNON.PARIS

Country of Origin

France

Condition

Near Mint / Originally Folded (as issued) – 3 x ‘soft’ horizontal fold lines

Director

Christian-Jaque

Actor/Actress

Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Charrier, Michael Cramer, Mona Goya, René Havard, Ronald Howard

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“She’s a Bombshell Set to Explode in the Enemy’s Boudoir”

A beautiful original French ‘petite’ affiche film poster for “Babette S’en va-t-en Guerre” (“Babette Goes To War”)  the 1959 war comedy directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Brigitte Bardot. Featuring stunning country unique imagery by the famous French illustrators Marie-Claire Lefort and Marie-Francine Oppeneau (aka Lefor-Openo) this beautiful French ‘door panel’ style affiche movie poster is from the film’s first release, 1959  and is the ‘RED’ version. It also comes in ‘blue’ & ‘white’ versions to represent the French flag. Presented in exceptional unrestored original condition this tri-folded (as issued) example is truly impressive and represents a fine piece of genuine very collectable movie memorabilia.  

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Film Description

Babette Goes To War Movie Poster

“Can YOU See the Difference in the New Brigitte Bardot ? You WILL When You See Her Brilliant Comic Talent In the Hilarious New Film … Babette Goes to War”

The fifties were not such a bad era in Christian-Jaque‘s career: the critics do not claim for those works; yet they included two truly superb films Fanfan La Tulipe and “Si Tous Les Gars Du Monde”; and the others are certainly inoffensive, with a special mention for “Souvenirs Perdus”.

Brigitte Bardot plays for the first time the bubble head girl -but not so stupid in the end- and I cannot think of another actress portraying this kind of character with so much naturalness ;she would successfully continue in that vein in Louis Malle‘s Viva Maria“.

Babette was a movie which showed the bright side of the occupied country although the duke considers the General De Gaulle a deserter and an enemy. Christian-Jaque painted a nastier portrait of the country in his last good film “Le Repas Des Fauves” which to this day has remained ignored or despised. Babette is French-are -all-resistant-fighters run of the mill and it’s BB herself who carries the movie on her shoulders:all she has to do is act naturally and she pulls it off with gusto. From the naive girl who comes to work in a place recommended by a shameless cousin (the place is a brothel but the girl hasn’t got a clue) to the brunette Hilde who can’t ride a horse without screaming-in her memoirs BB would write that ,although she loved animals, she was a poor rider, notably in Les Petroleuses.

Jacques Charrier was BB’s then-husband and is featured as a handsome French officer, with whom, on a train, a gay German soldier falls in love , having seen his photograph; In this scene, Michel Audiard comes up with many fine lines ; there are fine moments too, when Babette talks with the whores on the boat en route to England .

It cannot be looked upon as a major achievement for the highly talented Christian-Jaque ,but it’s really a lot a fun to watch it!

 

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WINDOW CARD
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