Capitaine Conan (1996)

Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Cast: André Falcon, Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Rich, Claude Brosset, Claude Rich, François Berléand, Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan

Synopsis:

The last days of World War I, Eastern front. Captain Conan, a lone wolf, a true warrior, leads a band of ruthless French fighters who love hand-to-hand combat; they are not fit for peacetime, they only feel really alive in the chaos of the battlefield.