War of the Buttons (1962)
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes...
Director: Yves Robert
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Jacques Dufilho as L'Aztec's father |
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Yvette Etiévant as Lebrac's mother |
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Michel Galabru as Bacaillé's father |
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Michèle Méritz as L'Aztec's mother |
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Jean Richard as Lebrac's father |
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Pierre Tchernia as Bédouin, rural warden |
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Pierre Trabaud as Teacher at Longeverne |
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Claude Confortès as Nestor, postman |
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Paul Crauchet as Touegueule |
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Henri Labussière as Countryman |
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Yves Peneau as General supervisor |
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Robert Rollis as Migue la lune's father |
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Louisette Rousseau as Bacaillé's mother |
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André Treton as Lebrac (uncredited) |
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Michel Isella as "L'Aztec" (uncredited) |
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Martin Lartigue as "Petit Gibus" (uncredited) |
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François Lartigue as "Grand Gibus" (uncredited) |
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Marie-Catherine Faburel as Marie-Tintin (uncredited) |
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Jean-Paul Queret as Bacaillé (uncredited) |
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Daniel Janneau as "La Crique" (uncredited) |
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Patrick Loiselet as Lieutenant of Lebrac (uncredited) |
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Christophe Bourseiller as Gaston (uncredited) |
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François Boyer as Priest (uncredited) |
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Jean-Denis Robert as Child of the Lebrac gang (uncredited) |
| Directing | Yves Robert | Director |
| Writing | Louis Pergaud | Novel |
| Camera | André Bac | Director of Photography |
| Production | Yves Robert | Producer |
| Production | Léon Carré | Producer |
| Editing | Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte | Editor |
| Production | Danièle Delorme | Producer |
| Sound | José Berghmans | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Yves Robert | Writer |
| Directing | Régis Forissier | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Pierre-Louis Calvet | Sound |
| Writing | François Boyer | Writer |
| Art | Pierre-Louis Thévenet | Production Design |