The Medic is a 1979 French film

Cinema of France

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...

 directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre

Pierre Granier-Deferre

Pierre Granier-Deferre was a French film director. His 1971 film Le Chat won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival....

, adapted from the novel Harmonie ou les horreurs de la guerre by Jean Freustié

Jean Freustié

Jean Freustié, aka Jean Pierre Teurlay was a French writer and literary critic. He won the 1969 Prix du roman de la société des gens de lettres, and 1970 Prix Renaudot, for Isabelle ou l'arrière-saison....

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Plot

The film is set in a modern war, probably between a European country and a country in the Far East. Behind the battle lines, in a medical unit, a surgeon falls in love with an idealistic nurse after an initially difficult meeting.

Cast

• Alain Delon
  Alain Delon
  Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon is a French actor. He rose quickly to stardom, and by the age of 23 was already being compared to French actors such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot...
  
   as Jean-Marie Desprée
• Véronique Jannot
  Véronique Jannot
  Véronique Jannot is a French actress and singer. She was born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie.-Selected filmography:* The Medic * Thieves After Dark * La dernière image -External links:* *...
  
   as Harmonie
• Bernard Giraudeau
  Bernard Giraudeau
  Bernard Giraudeau was a French actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer.-Life:Giraudeau was born in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. In 1963 he enlisted in the French navy as a trainee engineer, qualifying as the first in his class a year later...
  
   as François
• Francine Bergé
  Francine Bergé
  Francine Bergé is a French film and stage actress .- Filmography :*1962 : Les Abysses*1963 : Judex*1964 : La Ronde*1965 : La Religieuse...
  
   as Marcia
• Michel Auclair
  Michel Auclair
  Michel Auclair was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema.Auclair was born Vladimir Vujović to a Serbian father and a French mother in Koblenz. His father was Vojislav Vujović, prominent Yugoslav Communist and secretary of the Communist Youth...
  
   as Le patron
• Catherine Lachens as Zoa
• Bernard Le Coq as Jérôme