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Smuggler's Ball

Smuggler's Ball

Original Title: Le Banquet des Fraudeurs

19521h 30m

Status

Released

Release

1952

Runtime

1h 30m

Storyline

Smuggler's Ball is the English-language title for this French-Belgian seriocomedy. The action takes place along the borders separating Belgium, Holland and France. It is here that the worldly Pierre (J. P. Kieran) carries on a profitable smuggling operation, all the while romancing Siska (Christian Lenier), the daughter of a local customs official. Various subplots and secondary characters weave in and out as the plotline guides the viewer through the WW II years. Towards the end, the story shifts gears when the Benelux Frontier Agreement eliminates all government regulations. The film's screenplay is by Charles Spaak, himself the descendant of a Belgian political family, and thus well-versed in bureaucracy and red tape.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Jun 8, 1952
Languages
FrenchDutch
Director
Production Countries
BelgiumGermany

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