Under Two Flags is an 1867 best-selling novel by Ouida. One of the most famous of her books, it tells the story of an English aristocrat, apparently in disgrace, who disappears and joins a French battalion in Algeria, loosely based on the Foreign Legion. It was first published in three volumes by Chapman & Hall in London.
Adaptations (4)
Under Two Flags has been adapted into 4 films, from 1915 to 1936.
Under Two Flags1915 · film · 30 min · dir. Travers Vale · IMDb ↗Tells the story of an English aristocrat, apparently in disgrace, who disappears and joins a French battalion in Algeria, loosely based on the Foreign Legion.
Under Two Flags1916 · film · 60 min · dir. J. Gordon Edwards · IMDb ↗IMDb6.4The Legion's mascot, Cigarette falls for an Englishman, Bertie Cecil (Herbert Heyes), and when he is sentenced to a firing squad, she heroically takes the bullet herself.
Under Two Flags1922 · film · 80 min · dir. Tod Browning · IMDb ↗IMDb6.7On the run from punishment for a crime committed by his brother, Bertie Cecil (alias Lewis Victor) joins the French Foreign Legion. In Algeria, he becomes the hated rival of his commander, Chateauroy, who despises Victor's breeding and also competes for the same woman. Victor is beloved of Cigarette, an Algerian camp follower, who saves his life, though he loves another.
Under Two Flags1936 · film · 112 min · dir. Frank Lloyd · IMDb ↗IMDb6.4Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her. Doyle sends Victor on dangerous assignments to be rid of him. He falls in love with Lady Venetia Cunningham, a visitor to the garrison
