We Were One Man [Nous Etions Un Seule Homme] **** (1979, Serge Avedikian, Piotr Stanislas, Catherine Albin, Lucien Guérin) – Classic Movie Review 9963

Director Philippe Vallois’s splendid, heart-rending 1979 French gay movie We Were One Man [Nous Etions Un Seule Homme] is really subtle and special.

In the autumn of 1943, in World War Two, Guy Rouveron (Serge Avedikian), a young French primitive peasant farmer, finds a wounded German soldier, Rolf (Piotr Stanislas), in the woods and brings him back to health.

When the soldier recovers, a deep bonded friendship begins between the two men from enemy countries, upsetting the Frenchman’s girlfriend Jenine (Catherine Albin) and her father (Lucien Guérin).

We Were One Man [Nous Etions Un Seule Homme] is directed by Philippe Vallois, runs 91 minutes, is made by Philippe Vallois, is released by Frameline (1981) (US), is written by Philippe Vallois (writer), Anne Roumeguère (dialogue) and Rolf Schultz (dialogue), is shot by François About (Eastmancolor), is produced by Philippe Vallois and is scored by Jean-Jacques Ruhlmann.

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