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Directed by | Jean Delannoy |
Written by | Antoine Blondin Jean Delannoy Roland Laudenbach |
Produced by | Joseph Bercholz Edouard Gide |
Starring | Pierre Fresnay Henri Vilbert Claude Laydu |
Cinematography | Léonce-Henri Burel |
Edited by | James Cuenet |
Music by | Paul Misraki |
Production company | Les Films Gibé |
Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release date | 14 October 1953 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
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