{{Short description|1972 film}} {{Infobox film | name =The Gates of Fire | image =File:The Gates of Fire.jpeg | caption = | director = Claude Bernard-Aubert | producer = Roger Delpey | writer = Claude Bernard-Aubert <br> Roger Delpey | based_on = | starring =Emmanuelle Riva <br> Dany Carrel <br> Annie Cordy <br> Juliette Mills | music = Alain Goraguer | cinematography = Raymond Le Moigne | editing = Andrée Davanture | studio = Paris Film Productions | distributor = Alcifrance | released = {{film date|1972|3|15|df=yes}} | runtime = 89 minutes | country = France | language = French }}
'''''The Gates of Fire''''' (French: '''''Les portes de feu''''') is a 1972 French war drama film directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert and starring Emmanuelle Riva, Dany Carrel, Annie Cordy and Juliette Mills.<ref>https://www.unifrance.org/film/1511/les-portes-de-feu</ref><ref>Deacon & Fowler p.139</ref> Location shooting took place in the Camargue in Southern France standing in for wartime Libya.
==Synopsis== In 1942 during the North African campaign of World War II, four Free French nurses are captured by a German patrol during Rommel's offensive following the First Battle of El Alamein. After a psychological trying time they are eventually able to turn the tables on their captors and bring them back to Allied lines.
==Cast== * Emmanuelle Riva as La baronne * Dany Carrel as Solange * Annie Cordy as Andrée * Juliette Mills as Lili * Georges Aminel as Le docteur * Jacques Brunet as Ludwig * Rolph Spath as Hans * Jacques Balutin as Soldat de garde * Alexandre Grecq as Kurd * Antoine Baud as Franz
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Deacon, Deborah A. & Fowler, Stacy. ''Military Women in World Cinema: A 20th Century History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2023. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0155964}}
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