Soft Beds, Hard Battles Soft Beds, Hard Battles

In this comedy, set during the Nazi occupation of France, Peter Sellers plays most major male parts, so he stars in nearly every scene, always bumbling in inspector Clouseau-style. As British Major Robinson he is hidden in Madame Grenier's Parisian brothel, right under the nose of the Nazi clients, such as Gestapo agent Herr Schroeder (again him). As Général Latour he leads the French resistance, which includes the brothel madam -made a colonel in charge of her sexy 'troops'- and a priest, and is joined by young US diplomat Alan Cassidy. As Japanese imperial Prince Kyoto he becomes a target for the resistance in a monastery on his way to Hitler (again him). At the end he decorates the heroes as French president. Written by KGF Vissers

Peter Sellers Lila Kedrova Curd Jürgens Béatrice Romand Jenny Hanley Vernon Dobtcheff Douglas Sheldon Philip Madoc Nicholas Courtney

107 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • Mark C

    Review by Mark C ★★ 29

    "Your husband comes first"
    "After two years in a prisoner of war camp, I expect he will"

    Soft Beds, Hard Battles is a WWII Parisian set comedy detailing the exploits of a popular, much visited, by all sides, brothel and their own surreptitious bit for the resistance and the war effort. It's a film I saw only once as a child, yet strangely, it's so familiar I can recollect it very well.

    You tend to get a good idea of how much of a dud a film is when you're instantly greeted by a voice over. And when that V/O appears on the soundtrack over scenes where the actors are clearly delivering now muted lines, you know the original script…