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
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
Robert Blome
as Pensioner
Jerry Brouer
as Feld-gendarme
Pierre Collet
as Peasant with the cart
Claude Confortès
as Gendarme
Georges Douking
as Neighbor of 'P'tit Louis'
Luce Fabiole
as Mother Guignard
Gib Grossac
as Saingery
Jean-Pierre Igoux
as Ernest
Jean Luisi
as Gendarme
Colette Proust
as Teacher
Raymonde Vattier
as Old lady on the train
Pascale Roberts
as 'Fifine'
Tony Rödel
as (uncredited)
Pierre Vaneck
as German soldier (uncredited)
