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.

• SN Pathé-Cinéma
• Pathé-Natan
• Raimu
• Fernandel
• Jean Gabin
• René Donnio
• Charles Camus
• Pierre Labry
• Lucien Nat
• Pierre Ferval