Potatoes
Original title: Les patates
Director
Claude Autant-Lara
Screenplay
Jean Aurenche, 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.
Release
Nov 22, 1969
Budget
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Country
France
Revenue
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Cast
Pierre Perret
Clovis Parizel
Henri Virlogeux
Parizel senior
Bérengère Dautun
Mathilde
Christine Aurel
Traveler
Pascale Roberts
Fifine
Jacques Balutin
'P'tit Louis'
Gérard Buhr
Serge
Marc Eyraud
Maurice
René Havard
Lulu
Lucien Hubert
Guignard
Bernard Lajarrige
Bourg-Fidèle Mayor
Hubert de Lapparent
Bayochet
Jeanne Allard
Paulette
Rufus
Larobesse
Robert Blome
Pensioner
Pierre Collet
Peasant with the cart
Claude Confortès
Gendarme
Georges Douking
Neighbor of 'P'tit Louis'
Luce Fabiole
Mother Guignard
Gib Grossac
Saingery
Jean-Pierre Igoux
Ernest
Jean Luisi
Gendarme
Colette Proust
Teacher
Raymonde Vattier
Old lady on the train
Pascale Roberts
'Fifine'
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