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Smuggler's Ball (1952)
Directed by Henri Storck
Comedy, Drama · 1h 30m
Smuggler's Ball is the English-language title for this French-Belgian seriocomedy. The action takes place along the borders separating Belgium, Holland and France. It is here that the worldly Pierre (J. P. Kieran) carries on a profitable smuggling operation, all the while romancing Siska (Christian Lenier), the daughter of a local customs official. Various subplots and secondary characters weave in and out as the plotline guides the viewer through the WW II years. Towards the end, the story shifts gears when the Benelux Frontier Agreement eliminates all government regulations. The film's screenplay is by Charles Spaak, himself the descendant of a Belgian political family, and thus well-versed in bureaucracy and red tape.
Cast
Françoise Rosay
Gabrielle Demeuse
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Pierre
Christiane Lénier
Siska van Moll
Daniel Ivernel
Jef - le délégué syndical
Yves Deniaud
Le brigadier Achille Van Moll
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
Elsa Menzler
Karl John
Hans
Käthe Haack
Moeder van Elsa
Kurt Großkurth
Dikke Charles
André Valmy
Le douanier Louis
Arthur Devère
Gus
Raymond Pellegrin
Michel Demeuse
Crew
- Director
- Henri Storck
- Writer
- Charles Spaak
Details
- Original title
- Le Banquet des Fraudeurs
- Release date
- 1952-06-08
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, Dutch
- Countries
- Belgium, Germany
- Production
- EFilm, Tevefilm