The Amorous Corporal (French: La Bigorne, caporal de France) is a 1958 French adventure-comedy film co-written and directed by Robert Darène.

Loosely based on the novel La Bigorne, caporal de France by Pierre Nord, it is set in eighteenth-century Madagascar.

[2] It aired on cable TV in the US in 1973 as part of a package of non-English language movies called "Movies for Swingers".

[3] The film has been widely criticized for its apologetic tones towards colonialism.

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