The Amorous Corporal

The Amorous Corporal (La Bigorne, caporal de France) is a 1958 French adventure-comedy film co-written and directed by Robert Darène. Loosely based on the novel La Bigorne, caporal de France by Pierre Nord, it is set in eighteenth-century Madagascar.

It was the first cinematography credit for Pierre Lhomme.

It aired on cable TV in the US in 1973 as part of a package of non-English language movies called "Movies for Swingers".

Cast

 * François Périer as La Bigorne
 * Rossana Podestà as Bethi
 * Robert Hirsch as Boisrose
 * Jean Lefebvre as Potirond
 * Jean Carmet as Balluché
 * Henri Cogan as Tom Wright

Reception
The film has been widely criticized for its apologetic tones towards colonialism.