The Army Game

Jean Lerat commence son service militaire dans un camp de l'armée. Malgré les tentatives de sa tante pour tirer quelques cordes à son avantage, le malheureux Lerat parvient à obtenir du mauvais côté de son colonel d'intimidation ...

Jean, en självisk snobb, ska göra militärtjänsten. Till sin förvåning upptäcker han där Joseph – hans egen betjänt. Jean får problem medan Joseph helt smälter in i det militära. Det hindrar inte Jean för att flirta med korpralens dotter Catherine. Men så accepterar Jean en roll i en teaterpjäs – som betjänt – medan Joseph får rollen som hans husbonde.

Jean Lerat de la Grignotière is as full of himself as his name is long. Heeding (somewhat reluctantly to be true) the call of the Motherland he goes to the barracks where he is to accomplish his military duty. Posted to Corporal Bourrache's platoon he is surprised to meet there...Joseph, his own servant. Making blunder after blunder Jean gets hazed by his comrades and punished by his officers while Joseph's adaptation to military life is as smooth as can be. All this does not prevent the young snob from courting Catherine, the colonel's daughter, not very successfully at the beginning. Things start shaping better when he accepts to play a part in "Tire-au-flanc", Mouëzy-Eon's famed comedy. Interpreting the servant while Joseph plays his master, the successful beginner at long last becomes popular among the other soldiers and gets Catherine's hand as a bonus.

Aliases

• The Sad Sack