The Unvanquished (film)

L'Insoumis
Film poster
Directed byAlain Cavalier
Written byJean Cau
Alain Cavalier
Produced byAlain Delon (uncredited)
Georges Beaume
StarringAlain Delon
Lea Massari
Georges Géret
CinematographyClaude Renoir
Music byGeorges Delerue
Production
companies
Delbeau Prod Cipra (Paris)
PCM (Rome)
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 25 September 1964 (1964-09-25) (France)[1]
Running time
114 minutes[2]
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench
Box office711,339 admissions (France)[3]

The Unvanquished (French: L'Insoumis; Italian: Il ribelle di Algeri; also known as Have I the Right to Kill?) is a 1964 film noir directed by Alain Cavalier and starring Alain Delon opposite Lea Massari.[4][5][6]

The film's background is the Algerian War and Alain Delon plays Thomas Vlassenroot, a deserter of the French Foreign Legion in Algeria during the 1961 uprising.[7] When a former lieutenant who now works for the OAS proposes to him to kidnap lawyer Dominique Servet (played by Massari), Thomas agrees. Caught giving Dominique water, Thomas goes on the run after a shoot out with his OAS colleagues, who subsequently begin to hunt them down.

The film was not a completely happy experience for Alain Delon. He sustained physical injuries while filming and the reception of the picture by the French public was not good. The censors insisted on a number of cuts which compromised the artistic integrity of the film.[8][self-published source]

  1. ^ Blumenfeld, Samuel (24 July 2018). "Dans L'Insoumis, Alain Delon en animal blessé de la guerre d'Algérie". Le Monde (in French). Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. ^ cinema.aliceadsl
  3. ^ Box Office information for film at Box Office Story
  4. ^ Nick Rees-Roberts; Darren Waldron, eds. (2015). Alain Delon: Style, Stardom and Masculinity. Bloomsbury USA. p. 38. ISBN 9781623564452.
  5. ^ Baroncelli, Jean de (30 September 1964). "" L'INSOUMIS "". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  6. ^ Neuhoff, Éric (13 February 2018). "L'Insoumis: revoir Delon le magnifique". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  7. ^ New York Times review
  8. ^ filmsdefrance.com