The Tiger Brigades

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The Tiger Brigades (Les Brigades du Tigre)
French movie poster.
Directed by	Jérôme Cornuau
Starring	Clovis Cornillac Diane Kruger
Distributed by	Miramax Films (US)
Release date(s)	April 12, 2006
Country	France
IMDb profile

The Tiger Brigades (French: Les Brigades du Tigre) is a 2006 French crime film, based on a 1970s-'80s French television series of the same name. The story involves an Untouchables-type crack "Flying Squad" formed by Georges Clemenceau to combat rampant crime in 1912 Paris. The squads became known to the public as "Tiger Brigades", after Clemenceau's nickname "Le Tigre", and were among the first police units to be equipped with automobiles.

[edit] Plot

The squad, headed by Valentin, is assigned to track down the infamous Bonnot Gang.

[edit] Cast

• Clovis Cornillac as Commissaire Valentin
• Diane Kruger as Constance Radetsky
• Edouard Baer as Inspecteur Pujol
• Olivier Gourmet as Inspecteur Marcel Terrasson
• Stefano Accorsi as Achille Bianchi
• Jacques Gamblin as Jules Bonnot
• Thierry Frémont as Piotr
• Léa Drucker as Léa
• Aleksandr Medvedev as Prince Radetsky
• Gérard Jugnot as Faivre

[edit] External links

• Les Brigades du Tigre at the Internet Movie Database
• Les Brigades du Tigre (TV series) at the Internet Movie Database