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The Old Gun

The Old Gun

7,5 /10 (296 Votes)
1975 FR 103 min

Overview

In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu is a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter in the back country village where Julien has an old castle. One week later, Julien decides to meet them for the week end, but the Germans are already occupying the village.

Stream

Rent

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Release date

20/08/1975

Votes

296

Popularity

3.5

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

Le Vieux Fusil

Language

FR

Runtime

103 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-09-07

⭐ 7

The Allies are closing in on their small town, but not quite quickly enough for the liking of local surgeon “Dandieu” (Philippe Noiret) so he relocates his wife and daughter to their remote castle, well off the beaten track, in the hope that they can sit out the rest of the war safely. When he takes a drive out to see them some time after, he arrives at it’s small chapel to be met by a vision of carnage. Racing to the castle, he gets there just in time to see the brutality of the Nazis at their worst and immediately vows revenge. Just how, though, can this civilised old gent possibly inflict a…

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