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Colonel Chabert

1994, Movie, NR, 110 mins

Colonel Chabert: Review

COLONEL CHABERT is a tedious "man who came back" story; starring Gerard Depardieu, it inevitably recalls THE RETURN OF MARTIN GUERRE and suffers greatly by comparison. In 1817, there arrives in Paris a shabby, mysterious man (Depardieu) who claims to be Colonel Chabert, a war hero believed to have been killed a decade previously in the Napoleonic battle of Eylau. He employs a lawyer, Derville (Fabrice Luchini), who is also counsel to Chabert's wife, haughty Countess Ferra... read more leave a comment