This ran for years in Boston repertory film houses circa 73-76. Midnight showings around the country made it an early cult film, re: Rocky Horror, Eraserhead, El Topo, Beyond The Valley..,
Director Philippe de Broca played a soldier named "Adolf", who has a mustache like Hitler, in one of the first scenes.
Cited by lyrics author and poet Horacio Ferrer as a direct influence in his masterpiece "Balada para un loco", co-written with the great musician Astor Piazzolla.
Prologue: "October 1918. The war is almost over. The Germans retreat, the Allies advance. A small town in Northern France awaits its liberation."
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