The Medic | |
Director: | Pierre Granier-Deferre |
Producer: | Alain Delon Alain Terzian |
Starring: | Alain Delon Véronique Jannot |
Music: | Philippe Sarde |
Distributor: | Adel Productions |
Runtime: | 90 minutes |
Country: | France West Germany[1] |
Language: | French |
Budget: | $3 million[2] |
Gross: | 1,713,247 admissions (France)[3] |
The Medic (French: Le Toubib) is a 1979 French film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre, adapted from the novel Harmonie ou les horreurs de la guerre by Jean Freustié.
The film is set during World War Three (portrayed as taking place in 1983) as battles take place between Eastern and Western forces. Behind the battle lines, in a medical unit, a surgeon falls in love with an idealistic nurse after an initially difficult meeting.