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RUNTIME
Did you know
90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Cast
Michel Piccoli
Pierre Willer
Niels Arestrup
Professeur Hans Klemm
Marthe Keller
Nelly (Helma Schleyer)
Renée Faure
La mère
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Édouard Molinaro
- Writers
- Édouard Molinaro, Christine Miller, Stefan Zweig
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Édouard Molinaro directs. Michael Epp behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 238 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Édouard Molinaro, shot by Michael Epp. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Michel Piccoli and Niels Arestrup and Marthe Keller carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0093887 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Michael Epp
- Runtime
- 90 min · 1h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Édouard Molinaro
Production companies
Who made it
France•3
FR
Key crew
- SoundPhilippe Lioret
- CompositorGeorges Garvarentz
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1988-11-10
Also known as
International titles
- Die MondscheingasseDE
