Potatoes
Les patates
Release: 1969-11-22
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 6.1
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)
S.O.P.A.C.
Cast
Jeanne Allard
as Paulette
Luce Fabiole
as Mother Guignard
Jean-Pierre Igoux
as Ernest
Lucien Hubert
as Guignard
Bernard Lajarrige
as Bourg-Fidèle Mayor
Robert Blome
as Pensioner
Tony Rödel
as (uncredited)
Henri Virlogeux
as Parizel senior
Christine Aurel
as Traveler
Gérard Buhr
as Serge
René Havard
as Lulu
Claude Confortès
as Gendarme
Jacques Balutin
as 'P'tit Louis'
Rufus
as Larobesse
Jerry Brouer
as Feld-gendarme
Raymonde Vattier
as Old lady on the train
Bérengère Dautun
as Mathilde
Pierre Collet
as Peasant with the cart
Georges Douking
as Neighbor of 'P'tit Louis'
Pierre Perret
as Clovis Parizel
Marc Eyraud
as Maurice
Pierre Vaneck
as German soldier (uncredited)
Jean Luisi
as Gendarme
Hubert de Lapparent
as Bayochet
Gib Grossac
as Saingery
Pascale Roberts
as Fifine, 'Fifine'
Colette Proust
as Teacher
