Movie Comedy
A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.
Fernandel Edmond Ardisson Jean Gaven Pierrette Bruno Georges Chamarat Madeleine Sylvain Leda Gloria Henri Vilbert Francis Linel Antonin Berval Mag-Avril Georges Briquet Henri Arius José Casa Manuel Gary René Génin André Carnège Jean Mello Geo Georgey Jenny Hélia Marthe Marty Mado Stelli Pierre Vinassac Luigi Rumbo Luigi Giaccone Angelo Cecchelin Jole Silvani Fernand Sardou
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