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Potatoes (1969)
Directed by Claude Autant-Lara
Comedy, Drama · 1h 35m
In a village in the Ardennes, during the German occupation, finding rations is becoming almost impossible. Clovis, an ordinary labourer, decides to cross the occupied zone to bring back enough potatoes to feed his family. His plan is a success but Clovis rapidly becomes obsessed with storing the precious tubers.
Cast
Pierre Perret
Clovis Parizel
Henri Virlogeux
Parizel senior
Bérengère Dautun
Mathilde
Christine Aurel
Traveler
Pascale Roberts
Fifine
Jacques Balutin
'P'tit Louis'
G
Gérard Buhr
Serge
Marc Eyraud
Maurice
René Havard
Lulu
Lucien Hubert
Guignard
Bernard Lajarrige
Bourg-Fidèle Mayor
Hubert de Lapparent
Bayochet
Crew
- Director
- Claude Autant-Lara
- Writer
- Claude Autant-Lara, Jean Aurenche
- Novel
- Jacques Vaucherot
- Director of Photography
- Michel Kelber
- Original Music Composer
- Pierre Perret
- Editor
- Madeleine Gug
Details
- Original title
- Les patates
- Release date
- 1969-11-22
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG), S.O.P.A.C.