The Cow and I (1959)
1h 58m
Running Time
December 16, 1959Release Date
Plot.
In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.
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Cast & Crew.
Fernandel
Charles Bailly
René Havard
Bussière
Bernard Musson
Pommier
Ellen Schwiers
Josépha, la fermière
Pierre-Louis
un évadé déguisé
Franziska Kinz
la mère d'Helga
Maurice Nasil
Bertoux
Richard Winckler
L'autre évadé déguisé
Ingeborg Schöner
Helga
Heinrich Gretler
Bockmann
Benno Hoffmann
un Garde
Albert Rémy
Colinet - prisonnier de guerre dans la scierie
Albert Hehn
Leutnant auf der Brücke
Jacques Antoine
Writer
Dieter Hildebrandt
Soldat
Til Kiwe
SS.Offizier
Georg Lehn
Gestapo
Willy Rösner
Vater von Helga
Henri Verneuil
Director / Writer
Adry De Carbuccia
Producer
Henri Jeanson
Writer / Dialogue
Jean Manse
Writer
Ulrich Picard
Assistant Director
Jacques Chalvet
Set Decoration
Ferdinand Rotzinger
Still Photographer
Adolphe Charlet
Camera Operator
Roland Girard
Producer
James Cuenet
Editor
Lucile Costa
Script Supervisor
Franz Bi
Set Decoration
Max Seefelder
Set Decoration
Harry Dettmann
Unit Manager
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 16, 1959
Original NameLa Vache et le Prisonnier
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
prisoner
nazi
vache
Wiki.
La Vache et le Prisonnier (English version: "The Cow and I") is a French-Italian tragicomedy film from 1959, starring Fernandel and directed by Henri Verneuil, that is based on Jacques Antoine's 1945 novel, Une histoire vraie (A True Story). It tells the story of a French prisoner of war in World War II forced to work on a farm in Germany who decides to escape by walking away with a cow he calls Marguerite (Daisy in English).
It was the most successful film in France in 1959, with over 8 million seats sold.
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