Legionnaire

Name: Legionnaire
Genre: Action, War, Adventure, History
Released: 1998-12-03
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff, Nicholas Farrell, Jim Carter

A fugitive from a killer. A remote outpost. A fight to the death.

Legionnaire (1998)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Release date

1998-12-03

Country

United States

Production

Quadra Entertainment

Genre

Action, War, Adventure, History

Budget

$35 000 000

Revenue

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Director

Peter MacDonald

Actors

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff, Nicholas Farrell, Jim Carter, Ana Sofrenović, Daniel Caltagirone, Joseph Long, Mario Kalli, Joe Montana
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Samuel Hadida, Roberto Malerba, Christian Halsey Solomon, Edward R. Pressman, Peter MacDonald, Sheldon Lettich, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kamel Krifa, Wendi Friedman, Richard G. Murphy

Operator

Douglas Milsome

Composer

John Altman

Artist

Audition

Irene Lamb

Editing

Christopher Tellefsen, Mike Murphy
All team (30)

Short description

Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.

What's left behind the scenes

Rumor has it that the idea for the film originated with Jean-Claude Van Damme after he spent his “second honeymoon” in Africa with his fourth wife, Darcy Lapierre. They were celebrating the restoration of their relationship after a long quarrel.
Abd El Kim, the leader of the Arab rebels in the film, did indeed fight the French at the beginning of the 20th century, but only in the mountains, not in the desert.
Eight years before the film's release, Jean-Claude Van Damme had already starred in a film dedicated to the French Foreign Legion – "The Misfit" (1990).
In the credits, German singer Ute Lemper performs the 1936 song "My Legionary".
Filming took place in Morocco from October to December 1997.
Rumor has it that the idea for the film originated with Jean-Claude Van Damme after he spent a “second honeymoon” in Africa with his fourth wife, Darcy Lapierre. They were celebrating the restoration of their relationship after a long quarrel.

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