The Little Soldier

Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement.

Cast

Michel Subor

as Bruno Forestier

Anna Karina

as Veronica Dreyer

Henri-Jacques Huet

as Jacques

Paul Beauvais

as Paul

László Szabó

as Laszlo

Georges de Beauregard

as Activist Leader (uncredited)

Gilbert Edard

as (uncredited)

Jean-Luc Godard

as Man at Railway Station (uncredited)

Reviews

CRCulver

Shot in 1960, but banned until 1963 due to its frank treatment of French torture of Algerian separatists, Jean-Luc Godard's <i>Le petit soldat</i> is a political thriller mixed with a love story. Bruno (Michel Subor) is a French agent in Geneva, fighting a secret war against Arab spies supporting th...

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