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Potatoes

6.2 95 mins Comedy   Drama   1969
Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)   S.O.P.A.C.  
Director(s): Claude Autant-Lara

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.

Casts of Potatoes

Pierre Perret

as Clovis Parizel

Henri Virlogeux

as Parizel senior

Bérengère Dautun

as Mathilde

Christine Aurel

as Traveler

Pascale Roberts

as Fifine

Jacques Balutin

as 'P'tit Louis'

Gérard Buhr

as Serge

Marc Eyraud

as Maurice

René Havard

as Lulu

Lucien Hubert

as Guignard

Bernard Lajarrige

as Bourg-Fidèle Mayor

Hubert de Lapparent

as Bayochet

Jeanne Allard

as Paulette

Rufus

as Larobesse

Aline Blome

as Pensioner's wife

Robert Blome

as Pensioner

Jerry Brouer

as Feld-gendarme

Jocelyn Canoen

as The lousy one

Pierre Collet

as Peasant with the cart

Claude Confortès

as Gendarme

Gaël Delon

as Henri

Laurent Delon

as Jacques

Georges Douking

as Neighbor of 'P'tit Louis'

Odette Duc

as Clovis' mother

Luce Fabiole

as Mother Guignard

Gib Grossac

as Saingery

Jean-Pierre Igoux

as Ernest

Jean Luisi

as Gendarme

Colette Proust

as Teacher

Pascal Tersou

as Representative

Raymonde Vattier

as Old lady on the train

Pascale Roberts

as 'Fifine'

Edouard Caillère

as German Commander (uncredited)

Jacques Cottin

as SNCF driver (uncredited)

Alain Grellier

as German soldier (uncredited)

Lanfrandi

as Cooperative client (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Renault

as German Adjutant (uncredited)

Rigas

as Boss (uncredited)

Tony Rödel

as (uncredited)

Pierre Vaneck

as German soldier (uncredited)

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