War of the Buttons (1962)
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...
Director: Yves Robert
Writers: François Boyer, Yves Robert
The Cast
Jacques Dufilho
L'Aztec's father
Yvette Etiévant
Lebrac's mother
Michel Galabru
Bacaillé's father
Michèle Méritz
L'Aztec's mother
Jean Richard
Lebrac's father
Pierre Tchernia
Bédouin, rural warden
Pierre Trabaud
Teacher at Longeverne
Claude Confortès
Nestor, postman
Paul Crauchet
Touegueule
Henri Labussière
Countryman
Yves Peneau
General supervisor
Robert Rollis
Migue la lune's father
Louisette Rousseau
Bacaillé's mother
André Treton
Lebrac (uncredited)
Michel Isella
"L'Aztec" (uncredited)
Martin Lartigue
"Petit Gibus" (uncredited)
François Lartigue
"Grand Gibus" (uncredited)
Marie-Catherine Faburel
Marie-Tintin (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Queret
Bacaillé (uncredited)
Daniel Janneau
"La Crique" (uncredited)
Patrick Loiselet
Lieutenant of Lebrac (uncredited)
Christophe Bourseiller
Gaston (uncredited)
François Boyer
Priest (uncredited)
Jean-Denis Robert
Child of the Lebrac gang (uncredited)
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