Fun in the Barracks

Based on the popular stage play by Georges Courteline. The film is set in 1885. It focuses on a group of troops, a mix of regulars and reservists, and their different responses to the daily military routines. A crisis emerges when a General pays a visit while two deserters are still absent.

Comedy

Raimu

(Captain Hurluret)

Fernandel

(Vanderague)

Jean Gabin

(Fricot)

René Donnio

(Laplote)

Charles Camus

(Adjutant Flick)

Pierre Labry

(Potiron)

Lucien Nat

(Chief Sergeant Barnot)

Pierre Ferval

(Brigadier Vergisson)

Henry Roussel

(General)

Georges Bever

(La Guillaumette)

Paul Azaïs

(Croquebol)

Roland Armontel

(Barchetti)

Mady Berry

(Madame Bijou, canteen lady)

Frédéric Munié

(Lieutenant Mousseret)

Louis Cari

(Quartermaster Bernot)

Ketty Pierson

(Pork butcher)

Jacqueline Brizard

(Laundress)

Pierre Athon

((uncredited))

Jacques Beauvais

(Boss of the Beuglant (uncredited))

Julien Carette

(Rider (uncredited))

Léon Courtois

((uncredited))

Pierre Dac

(Ledru (uncredited))

Édouard Francomme

(Soldier peeling potatoes (uncredited))

Geo Laby

(Peplat (uncredited))

Palmyre Levasseur

(Fortune teller (uncredited))

Marcel Lutrand

(Favret (uncredited))

Marcel Magnat

(Laigrepin (uncredited))

Jean-François Martial

(Soldier (uncredited))

Adolphe Mercier

((uncredited))

Albert Montigny

(Dupont (uncredited))