

This movie is a Marcel Aymé adaptation and it deals with the not-so-glorious side of the Occupation: black market, war profiteers, cracking open bottles of Champagne while most of the Parisians are almost starving.

Bourvil
Charles Michaud, père
Lead
Alain Delon
Antoine Michaud, fils

Lino Ventura
M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir

Jean-Claude Brialy
Paul Tiercelin

Françoise Arnoul
Yvette Grandmaison

Pierre Mondy
Lulu

Paulette Dubost
Hélène Michaud, mère

Sandra Milo
Olga, prostituée
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