The Heroes Are Tired (film)

The Heroes Are Tired
American poster
Directed by Yves Ciampi
Screenplay by Jean-Charles Tacchella
Story by Christiane Garnier
Yves Ciampi
Jacques-Laurent Bost
Produced by Jacques Bar
Artur Brauner
Raymond Froment
Starring Yves Montand
María Félix
Curt Jürgens
Cinematography Henri Alekan
Edited by Roger Dwyre
Music by Louiguy
Production
companies
CCC Film
Cila Films
Terra Films
Distributed by Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date
 5 September 1955
Running time
 115 minutes
Countries France
West Germany
Language French

The Heroes Are Tired (French: Les héros sont fatigués, German: Die Helden sind müde) is a 1955 French-West German adventure drama film directed by Yves Ciampi and starring Yves Montand, María Félix and Curt Jürgens. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location in Anduze, Génicourt and at the Pontoise – Cormeilles Aerodrome. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert. For his performance Jürgens was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 16th Venice International Film Festival. It is also known by the alternative title Heroes and Sinners.

Synopsis

In a country in Africa, a former French fighter pilot (Yves Montand) who became a bush pilot realises that he is smuggling a significant quantity of diamonds. He decides to sell them for his own benefit. Meanwhile, the diamond owner gets a former German fighter pilot (Curt Jürgens) to recover them. The two men become friends when they discover that they fought in the same place. They drink together and relive the good times of the war where they were heroes.

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