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Réalisateur:
Henri Verneuil
Writers:
Jacques Antoine (story)
Henri Jeanson (dialogue)
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Release Date:
16 décembre 1959 (France) suite
Genre:
Comedie suite
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. suite | add synopsis
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Avis des utilisateurs:
How to get unnoticed suite

Ensemble

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Fernandel ... Charles Bailly
Pierre-Louis ... Un officier évadé déguisé en SS (as Pierre Louis)
Ellen Schwiers ... La fermière
Ingeborg Schöner ... Helga
Heinrich Gretler
Richard Winckler ... Un évadé
Bernard Musson ... Pommier
Maurice Nasil ... Bertoux
René Havard ... Bussière
Albert Rémy ... Colinet
Franziska Kinz ... La Mere d'Helga
Benno Hoffmann ... Un Garde
Franz Muxeneder
Marcel Rouzé
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Additional Details

Autre(s) titre(s):
La vacca e il prigioniero (Italy)
The Cow and I (USA)
La vache et le prisonnier (Belgium: French title) [fr]
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Durée:
118 min | Spain:119 min
Pays:
France | Italy
Langue:
Français
Couleur:
Noir et Blanc
Son:
Mono (Western Electric)
Classification:
Finland:S

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Anecdotes:
The biggest grossing movie of its year in France. suite

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
How to get unnoticed, 13 August 2006
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Author: dbdumonteil

This is Fernandel's blockbuster.Even before the war,none of his movies had made so much money.

Further detailed retrospection indicates that "La Vache et le Prisonnier" thoroughly deserved its success.Even today,when it is on TV ,it attracts figures of million people.It is not certainly weaker than Renoir's "Le Caporal Epinglé" although Verneuil is not considered an "auteur".

During WW2, a prisoner tries to escape from Germany.It will not be a "great escape" .To get unnoticed he will travel with a cow called Marguerite (=Daisy).This unusual pairing en route to the man's homeland is not out of the woods.

Based on a true story, this entertaining movie features an unexpected funny (or sad more like!) ending.

The whole family can enjoy it:the children will love Marguerite.

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