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Status
Released
Release
1948
Runtime
1h 40m
La Carcasse, an obtuse peasant, lives with his wife Lucie and his father-in-law Tord-cou. At odds with his son-in-law, the Tord-cou takes it into his head to marry Thérésa, the daughter of their neighbor Casimir. But the Carcass, too, feels attracted to the young woman...
19 Cast Members
Michel Simon
Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
Michèle Martin
Thérésa
Lucien Coëdel
Louis, aka 'La Carcasse'
Madeleine Suffel
Lucie
Georges Baconnet
Villager
Jean Brochard
Me Souquet
Lolita De Silva
Farm girl
Emile Chopitel
Mayor of the village
Charlotte Ecard
Gossip
Maurice Marceau
Peasant
Léon Larive
Commander Ludovic Midol
Ellen Briand
Paul Mercey
Peasant
Loyse Launoy
Edmond Bazin
Thuet
Georgette Gobin
Louis Seigner
Casimir Gros
Eugène Stuber
Worker (uncredited)