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RUNTIME
Did you know
89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Cast
Raimu
Beaugérard père et les deux fils Achille
Michel Simon
Labrosse
Suzy Prim
Clémentine Beaugérard
Charlotte Lysès
la belle-mère, Mme Tapin
Jean Tissier
Roberdet
Germaine Aussey
Nancy Le Bail
Mila Parély
Antoinette
Marcel Maupi
le garde du corps
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Claude Heymann
- Writers
- Robert Bresson
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Claude Heymann directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 290 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Raimu and Michel Simon and Suzy Prim carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0027827 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 89 min · 1h 29m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Claude Heymann
Key crew
- Scenario WriterRobert Bresson
- Dialogue EditorJean Alley
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1936-10-29
