War of the Buttons
La Guerre des boutons
Release: 1962-04-18
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 7.2
Comedy
Drama
Family
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes...
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Les Productions de la Guéville
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Michèle Méritz
as L'Aztec's mother
Paul Crauchet
as Touegueule
André Treton
as Lebrac (uncredited)
Michel Isella
as "L'Aztec" (uncredited)
Yvette Etiévant
as Lebrac's mother
Pierre Tchernia
as Bédouin, rural warden
François Lartigue
as "Grand Gibus" (uncredited)
Christophe Bourseiller
as Gaston (uncredited)
Michel Galabru
as Bacaillé's father
Yves Peneau
as General supervisor
Robert Rollis
as Migue la lune's father
Martin Lartigue
as "Petit Gibus" (uncredited)
Marie-Catherine Faburel
as Marie-Tintin (uncredited)
Daniel Janneau
as "La Crique" (uncredited)
Jacques Dufilho
as L'Aztec's father
Jean Richard
as Lebrac's father
Pierre Trabaud
as Teacher at Longeverne
Claude Confortès
as Nestor, postman
Henri Labussière
as Countryman
Louisette Rousseau
as Bacaillé's mother
