---
title: 'Legionnaire (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter MacDonald'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/legionnaire-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126388/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Legionnaire (1998)

1998 · 98 min · Drama, Action, Adventure, War · United States


## Synopsis

Legionnaire is a 1998 American drama war film directed by Peter MacDonald and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Alain Lefèvre, a 1920s boxer who wins a fight after he was hired by gangsters to lose it and then flees to join the French Foreign Legion. The cast includes Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Daniel Caltagirone, Ana Sofrenović, Nicholas Farrell and Steven Berkoff. The film was filmed in Morocco at Tangier and Ouarzazate.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Claude Van Damme](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-van-damme), [Sheldon Lettich](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheldon-lettich)
- **Producer:** [Jean-Claude Van Damme](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-van-damme), [Peter MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-macdonald)
- **Director:** [Peter MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-macdonald)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Altman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-altman-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Milsome](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-milsome)

## Cast

- [Steven Berkoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-berkoff) as Sergeant Steinkampf
- [Dida Diafat](https://cinepixo.com/people/dida-diafat)
- [Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje](https://cinepixo.com/people/adewale-akinnuoye-agbaje) as Luther
- [Daniel Caltagirone](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-caltagirone) as Guido Rosetti
- [Ana Sofrenović](https://cinepixo.com/people/ana-sofrenovic) as Katrina
- [Kamel Krifa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamel-krifa) as Abd el-Krim
- [Jim Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-carter) as Lucien Galgani
- [Nicholas Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-farrell) as Major Mackintosh
- [Joseph Long](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-long) as Maxim
- [Jean-Claude Van Damme](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-claude-van-damme) as Alain Lefèvre
- [David Hayman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hayman)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/legionnaire-1998
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