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Arms and the Man

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In the 1880s, Hauptmann Bluntschli (O.W. Fischer) fights for Serbia in their war with Bulgaria, but when he decides that he's had enough of the battle, he goes AWOL. In an attempt to escape, he unwittingly finds himself trapped in the bedroom of Raina Petkoff (Liselotte Pulver), the fiancée of Bulgarian war hero Sergius Slivitzna (Jan Hendriks), but as Bluntschli and Raina talk, their initial squabbling subsides as they find they have an affinity for each other.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com May 4, 2011
B-
A decent version of G.B. Shaw's play, this movie was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Franz Peter Wirth

Director

O.W. Fischer

Hauptmann Bluntschli

Liselotte Pulver

Raina Petkoff

Jan Hendriks

Leutnant Sergius Slivitzna

Kurt Kasznar

Major Petkoff

Ellen Schwiers

Louka
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Synopsis In the 1880s, Hauptmann Bluntschli (O.W. Fischer) fights for Serbia in their war with Bulgaria, but when he decides that he's had enough of the battle, he goes AWOL. In an attempt to escape, he unwittingly finds himself trapped in the bedroom of Raina Petkoff (Liselotte Pulver), the fiancée of Bulgarian war hero Sergius Slivitzna (Jan Hendriks), but as Bluntschli and Raina talk, their initial squabbling subsides as they find they have an affinity for each other.
Director
Franz Peter Wirth
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 23, 1962, Limited
Runtime
1h 35m
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