Comedy Drama
A green mare makes the fortune of her owner, the horse dealer Haudouin. Shortly after his death, war broke out in 1870. One day, his neighbor Zèphe Maloret denounces Honoré, Haudouin's son, a maverick, to the Prussians. Following this denunciation, their non-commissioned officer enters the Haudouin home and rapes the mother while Honoré is hidden under the bed. The resentment already existing between the Haudouin and Maloret families turns to hatred... A letter recalling the events is lost, which doesn't help matters.
Directed by
Claude Autant-Lara
Written by
Jean Aurenche, Marcel Aymé
Sandra Milo
Margerite Maloret
Bourvil
Honoré Haudouin
Valérie Lagrange
Juliette Haudouin
Francis Blanche
Ferdinand Haudouin
Yves Robert
Zèphe Maloret
Georges Wilson
Jules Haudouin
Mireille Perrey
Mother Haudouin
Marie Déa
Anaïs Maloret
Marie Mergey
Adélaïde Haudoin
Guy Bertil
Toucheur
Julien Carette
Philibert
François Nocher
Frédéric Maloret
Hans Verner
Prussian non-commissioned officer
Henri Coutet
Cemetery employee (uncredited)
Michel Bardinet
Painter
Nicole Mirel
Aline
Achille Zavatta
Déodat, postman
Martine Havet
Mouton
Émile Riandreys
Amédée
Ernest Haudoin, the son
Claude Sainlouis
Noël Maloret
Benoîte Labb
Hélène Haudoin
Ernest Varial
Feldwebel who rapes mother Haudoin
Johnny Monteilhet
Tintin Maloret (uncredited)

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