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War of the Buttons (1962)
Directed by Yves Robert
Comedy, Drama, Family · 1h 30m
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes...
Cast
Jacques Dufilho
L'Aztec's father
Yvette Etiévant
Lebrac's mother
Michel Galabru
Bacaillé's father
Michèle Méritz
L'Aztec's mother
Jean Richard
Lebrac's father
Pierre Tchernia
Bédouin, rural warden
Pierre Trabaud
Teacher at Longeverne
Claude Confortès
Nestor, postman
Paul Crauchet
Touegueule
Henri Labussière
Countryman
Yves Peneau
General supervisor
Robert Rollis
Migue la lune's father
Crew
- Director
- Yves Robert
- Writer
- Yves Robert, François Boyer
- Novel
- Louis Pergaud
- Director of Photography
- André Bac
- Original Music Composer
- José Berghmans
- Editor
- Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
- Producer
- Yves Robert, Léon Carré, Danièle Delorme
Details
- Original title
- La Guerre des boutons
- Release date
- 1962-04-18
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Les Productions de la Guéville