The best Jean Gabin’s war movies

Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

16/05/1904- 15/11/1976
Today we present the best Jean Gabin’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jean Gabin’s movies.

Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion
8.1/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 04/06/1937
  • Character: Le lieutenant Maréchal
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.

Napoleon

Napoleon
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 25/03/1955
  • Character: Lannes
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.

The Impostor

The Impostor
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 10/02/1944
  • Character: Clément / Maurice Lafarge
The story concerns a condemned murderer named Clement (Jean Gabin), who is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his escape, Clement comes across the body of a French soldier; he steals the dead man's uniform and identification papers, then hides from the law by joining the Resistance movement. Clement's new identity and purpose in life reforms him, and in due time he has sacrificed himself in service of his country.

Lady Killer

Lady Killer
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 15/09/1937
  • Character: Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'
Lucien Bourrache, a good looking non-commissioned officer at the Spahis, is used to charm many women. He met Madeleine Courtois at Cannes. She is beautiful and lives in luxury. He lends her a large amount of money, which she loses gambling. Then she drops him. But Lucien is now in love, and once demobilized, he goes to Paris to find her again. But he's not so sexy without his uniform, and Madeleine and him do not belong to the same milieu.

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