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Soft Beds, Hard Battles is a British film of genre Comedy directed by John Boulting released in USA on 4 december 1974 with Peter Sellers
Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 4 december 1974
Length 1h31
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Rating53%
Soft Beds, Hard Battles is a 1974 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting, and starring Peter Sellers in several roles, and an all star cast, including Curd Jurgens, Lila Kedrova and Jenny Hanley. Sellers reunited with the Boulting brothers for this farce in which a brothel full of ladies helps the war effort by ridding the world of Nazi peril - in the bedroom. The film took a limited release: in the United States, it was released under the title Undercovers Hero.
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Synopsis
Set in Nazi-occupied France, the story follows Major Robinson of the British Army. Installing himself at a Parisian brothel, he assists the French resistance and works with Madame Grenier and her girls who find themselves eliminating high ranking German officers (using ingenious rigged beds and killer flatulence pills) right under the nose of the Gestapo.Actors
Peter Sellers
(Général Latour / Major Robinson / Herr Schroeder / Adolf Hitler / The President / Prince Kyoto)
Lila Kedrova
(Madame Grenier)
Curd Jürgens
(Generale Von Grotjahn)
Béatrice Romand
(Marie-Claude)
Jenny Hanley
(Michelle)
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