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Status
Released
Release
1971
Runtime
1h 50m
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North Africa, December 1942. Valentin, a professional gardener ruined by the bombings of 1940, has fled to Tunis, where he traffics stolen goods, transporting them from Libya to Tunisia on an old boat.
22 Cast Members
Marlène Jobert
Lorène
Michel Piccoli
Valentin
Michael York
Basil
Louis Velle
Paul-Émile
Amidou
Ali
Didi Perego
Renata
Jean Bouise
Man on the terrace
Gene Moyle
English Major
Alan Scott
British aircraft officer
Hans Verner
Major Becker
Tano Cimarosa
Italian soldier on the beach
Ernesto Colli
Soldier
Umberto D'Orsi
Major Bruzzalini
Salvatore Ricciardella
Ambrosio
Ugo Fangareggi
Deputy
Luca Sportelli
Colombani
Leopoldo Trieste
Sergeant of the fort
Luigi Bonos
Italian soldier on the beach
Alain Beziers Ka Fosse
Le mitrailleur dans l'avion (uncredited)
Rémy Julienne
Bit Part (uncredited)
