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'''''Babette Goes to War''''' ({{lang-fr|Babette s'en va-t-en guerre}}) is a 1959 French film starring [[Brigitte Bardot]]. |
'''''Babette Goes to War''''' ({{lang-fr|Babette s'en va-t-en guerre}}) is a 1959 French film starring [[Brigitte Bardot]]. It was Bardot's first movie since becoming a star where she did not take off her clothes.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/SimoneDeBeauvoirBrigitteBardotAndTheLOlitaSyndromecut/page/n55/mode/2up/search/%22babette+goes+to+war%22?q=%22babette+goes+to+war%22|page=56|title=Brigitte Bardot And The Lolita Syndrome|first=Simone|last= de Beauvoir|year=1959}}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
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In 1940, during the German invasion of France, a young woman called Babette flees on a boat to England. She is desperate to help the Free French, who end up parachuting her back into the country on a mission to thwart the German invasion of England. |
In 1940, during the German invasion of France, a young woman called Babette flees on a boat to England. She is desperate to help the Free French, who end up parachuting her back into the country on a mission to thwart the German invasion of England. |
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==Production== |
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Bardot had meant to make a film in Hollywood called ''Paris by Night'' with [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Roger Vadim]] but did not want to go to America. Producer Raoul Levy came up with another idea, a film about a young girl who becomes involved with the Resistance called ''Babette Goes to War''. Levy assigned Vadim to work on the script with an American writer. Vadim's film ''[[The Night Heaven Fell]]'' was released and performed poorly, so Levy replaced Vadim as director with Christian Jacques.<ref>{{Cite book|page=127|first=Roger|last=Vadim|title=Bardot, Deneuve, Fonda|year=1986 |publisher=Simon and Schuster}}</ref> |
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The film was the first in a three-picture deal Levy had with Columbia, two of which were to star Bardot. The studio would invest $2.5 million. (Columbia helped finance the hugely successful Bardot-Levy movie ''[[And God Created Woman]]''.) [[Gerard Philippe]] was the original co star announced.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety212-1958-11/page/n84/mode/1up/search/%22babette+goes+to+war%22?q=%22babette+goes+to+war%22|title=Raoul Levy Sets 3 for Columbia;Pair of Bardots|date=12 November 1958|page=3}}</ref> This deal later expanded to cover three years.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety214-1959-04/page/n6/mode/1up/search/%22babette+goes+to+war%22?q=%22babette+goes+to+war%22|date=1 April, 1959|page=7|title=Bet $7 mill on Levy de France}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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The film was a big hit with admissions in France of 4,657,610.<ref name="box">{{cite web|url=http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-brigitte-bardot-c22691591/21&usg=ALkJrhhOMdbV4_UIRZQONrnciaN8Ni4MoQ |title=''Babette Goes to War'' French Box office information|website= Box Office Story|access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref> It was the fourth most popular film at the French box office in 1959, after ''[[The Cow and I]]'', ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' and ''[[The Green Mare (film)|The Green Mare]]''. (It was followed by ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'', ''[[The Four Hundred Blows]]'', ''[[The Magnificent Tramp]]'', ''[[North by Northwest]]'', ''[[Solomon and Sheba]]'' and ''[[Black Orpheus]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-brigitte-bardot-c22691591/21|title=1959 French box office|website=Box Office Story|access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref> |
The film had its world premiere at the Moscow Film Festival. It was a big hit with admissions in France of 4,657,610.<ref name="box">{{cite web|url=http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-brigitte-bardot-c22691591/21&usg=ALkJrhhOMdbV4_UIRZQONrnciaN8Ni4MoQ |title=''Babette Goes to War'' French Box office information|website= Box Office Story|access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref> It was the fourth most popular film at the French box office in 1959, after ''[[The Cow and I]]'', ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' and ''[[The Green Mare (film)|The Green Mare]]''. (It was followed by ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'', ''[[The Four Hundred Blows]]'', ''[[The Magnificent Tramp]]'', ''[[North by Northwest]]'', ''[[Solomon and Sheba]]'' and ''[[Black Orpheus]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-brigitte-bardot-c22691591/21|title=1959 French box office|website=Box Office Story|access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 06:50, 9 February 2020
| Babette Goes to War | |
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| Directed by | Christian-Jaque |
| Written by | Raoul Lévy Gérard Oury Michel Audiard |
| Starring | Brigitte Bardot |
| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Music by | Gilbert Bécaud |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 4,657,610 admissions (France)[1] |
Babette Goes to War (French: Babette s'en va-t-en guerre) is a 1959 French film starring Brigitte Bardot. It was Bardot's first movie since becoming a star where she did not take off her clothes.[2]
Plot
In 1940, during the German invasion of France, a young woman called Babette flees on a boat to England. She is desperate to help the Free French, who end up parachuting her back into the country on a mission to thwart the German invasion of England.
Cast
- Brigitte Bardot as Babette
- Jacques Charrier as Lt. Gérard de Crécy-Lozère
- Francis Blanche as Commander Obersturmführer aka "Papa Schulz"
- Hannes Messemer as General Franz von Arenberg
- Ronald Howard as Colonel Fitzpatrick
- Yves Vincent as Cpt. Darcy
- Pierre Bertin as Duke Edmond de Crécy-Lozère
- Viviane Gosset as Duchess Hélène de Crécy-Lozère
- Mona Goya as Madame Fernande
- Noël Roquevertas Cpt. Gustave Brémont
- Michael Cramer as Heinrich
- Jean Carmetas Antoine
- René Havard as Louis
- Günter Meisner as the first Gestapo officer
- Jacques Hilling as the French captain
- Charles Bouillaud as Pierrot
- Alain Bouvette as Emile
- Max Elloy as Firmin
- Robert Berri as Sgt. Hill
- Jenny Orléans as a girl
- Philippe Clair as Un résistant
Production
Bardot had meant to make a film in Hollywood called Paris by Night with Frank Sinatra and Roger Vadim but did not want to go to America. Producer Raoul Levy came up with another idea, a film about a young girl who becomes involved with the Resistance called Babette Goes to War. Levy assigned Vadim to work on the script with an American writer. Vadim's film The Night Heaven Fell was released and performed poorly, so Levy replaced Vadim as director with Christian Jacques.[3]
The film was the first in a three-picture deal Levy had with Columbia, two of which were to star Bardot. The studio would invest $2.5 million. (Columbia helped finance the hugely successful Bardot-Levy movie And God Created Woman.) Gerard Philippe was the original co star announced.[4] This deal later expanded to cover three years.[5]
Filming took place in March 1959. Bardot and Jacques Charrier had an affair during filming that led to Bardot falling pregnant and them getting married.[1]
Reception
The film had its world premiere at the Moscow Film Festival. It was a big hit with admissions in France of 4,657,610.[1] It was the fourth most popular film at the French box office in 1959, after The Cow and I, Sleeping Beauty and The Green Mare. (It was followed by Some Like It Hot, The Four Hundred Blows, The Magnificent Tramp, North by Northwest, Solomon and Sheba and Black Orpheus.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Babette Goes to War French Box office information". Box Office Story. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ de Beauvoir, Simone (1959). Brigitte Bardot And The Lolita Syndrome. p. 56.
- ^ Vadim, Roger (1986). Bardot, Deneuve, Fonda. Simon and Schuster. p. 127.
- ^ "Raoul Levy Sets 3 for Columbia;Pair of Bardots". Variety. 12 November 1958. p. 3.
- ^ "Bet $7 mill on Levy de France". Variety. 1 April, 1959. p. 7.
{{cite magazine}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "1959 French box office". Box Office Story. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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