Der Legionär

You're a boxer dodging gangsters after a fixed fight goes wrong. You enlist in the French Foreign Legion to disappear, but life in the Sahara is no escape. The desert war heats up, and your past closes in faster than you expect. Director MacDonald keeps the action terse, a refreshing change from 90s excess.

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Peter MacDonald directed Der Legionär in 1998. See Peter MacDonald's full filmography, where to start with Peter MacDonald, or where to go after you've seen everything by Peter MacDonald.

Der Legionär was released in 1998 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 98 minutes.