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War of the Buttons

Movie
1962
1h 30m
French
Comedy, Drama
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...
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Jacques Dufilho
L'Aztec's father
Yvette Etivant
Lebrac's mother
Michel Galabru
Bacaillé's father
Michle Mritz
L'Aztec's mother
Jean Richard
Lebrac's father
Pierre Tchernia
Bédouin, rural warden
Pierre Trabaud
Teacher at Longeverne
Claude Conforts
Nestor, postman
Paul Crauchet
Touegueule
Yves Peneau
General supervisor
Robert Rollis
Migue la lune's father
Louisette Rousseau
Bacaillé's mother
Andr Treton
Lebrac (uncredited)
Michel Isella
"L'Aztec" (uncredited)
Martin Lartigue
"Petit Gibus" (uncredited)
Franois Lartigue
"Grand Gibus" (uncredited)
MarieCatherine Faburel
Marie-Tintin (uncredited)
JeanPaul Queret
Bacaillé (uncredited)
Daniel Janneau
"La Crique" (uncredited)
Patrick Loiselet
Lieutenant of Lebrac (uncredited)
Christophe Bourseiller
Gaston (uncredited)
Franois Boyer
Priest (uncredited)
JeanDenis Robert
Child of the Lebrac gang (uncredite...
Directed By: Yves Robert

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AlexanderZ says...
9 years ago
It is a wonderful ode to childhood innocence and curiosity.
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