The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
This movie is a Marcel Aymé adaptation and it deals with the not-so-glorious side of the Occupation: black market, war profiteers, cracking open bottles of Champagne while most of the Parisians are almost starving.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Michel BoisrondDirector
- Pierre BostWriter
- Jean AurencheWriter
- Paul MisrakiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- BourvilCharles Michaud, père
- Alain DelonAntoine Michaud, fils
- Lino VenturaM. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
- Jean-Claude BrialyPaul Tiercelin
- Françoise ArnoulYvette Grandmaison
- Pierre MondyLulu
- Paulette DubostHélène Michaud, mère
- Sandra MiloOlga, prostituée
- Madeleine LebeauFlora, peite-amie éconduite de Paul
- Martine HavetPierrette Michaud, sœur d'Antoine
- Micheline LuccioniSolange, secrétaire de Michaud et Olivier
- Christian LudeM. Olivier, associé de Charles Michaud
Stills
Themes
paris, francebased on novel or bookblack marketnazi occupation