Movie Comedy
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Bad financial conditions compel an aristocratic family to do strange work.
France France
Bourvil Francis Blanche Jean Poiret Jean Yonnel Jean Tissier Véronique Nordey Bernard Lavalette Marcel Pérès Jean Galland Solange Certain Denise Péronne Roger Legris Guy Denancy Richard Francoeur Rudy Lenoir Max Desrau Jean-Claude Rémoleux Albert Michel Gloria France Gérard Hoffmann Claude Mansard René-Jean Chauffard Jo Charrier Mohamed Jamoussy André Chanu Jacques Denoël Michel Nastorg Fred Pasquali Alexandre Randall Dominique Zardi Jean-Pierre Mocky Willy Braque Philippe Dehesdin Luc Andrieux Pierre Durou Adrien Cayla-Legrand Annick Tanguy
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