Based on the popular stage play by Georges Courteline. The film is set in 1885. It focuses on a group of troops, a mix of regulars and reservists, and their different responses to the daily military routines. A crisis emerges when a General pays a visit while two deserters are still absent.
Captain Hurluret
Vanderague
Fricot
Laplote
Adjutant Flick
Potiron
Chief Sergeant Barnot
Brigadier Vergisson
General
La Guillaumette
Croquebol
Barchetti
Madame Bijou, canteen lady
Lieutenant Mousseret
Quartermaster Bernot
Pork butcher
Laundress
(uncredited)
Boss of the Beuglant (uncredited)
Rider (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Ledru (uncredited)
Soldier peeling potatoes (uncredited)
Peplat (uncredited)
Fortune teller (uncredited)
Favret (uncredited)
Laigrepin (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Dupont (uncredited)
