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
Daniel Janneau
as "La Crique" (uncredited)
Pierre Tchernia
as Bédouin, rural warden
Louisette Rousseau
as Bacaillé's mother
Marie-Catherine Faburel
as Marie-Tintin (uncredited)
Yvette Etiévant
as Lebrac's mother
Michèle Méritz
as L'Aztec's mother
Jean Richard
as Lebrac's father
Yves Peneau
as General supervisor
Robert Rollis
as Migue la lune's father
Michel Isella
as "L'Aztec" (uncredited)
Martin Lartigue
as "Petit Gibus" (uncredited)
Pierre Trabaud
as Teacher at Longeverne
Henri Labussière
as Countryman
François Lartigue
as "Grand Gibus" (uncredited)
Christophe Bourseiller
as Gaston (uncredited)
Jacques Dufilho
as L'Aztec's father
Michel Galabru
as Bacaillé's father
Claude Confortès
as Nestor, postman
Paul Crauchet
as Touegueule
André Treton
as Lebrac (uncredited)
