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RUNTIME
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Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Ah ! Quelle gare !
1933 1h 5m FR
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MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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A traveler without a ticket gets off the train he has stopped, becomes an occasional station master, fraternizes with the inspector who is chasing him, protects the loves of the wife of the real station master who has abandoned his post to make sure of his wife's fidelity, and takes the train back when everything is settled.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Dranem
Tuvache
Jeanne Boitel
Hélène
Milly Mathis
Agrippine
Armand Lurville
Lescudier de la Trombe
Georges Cahuzac
Jovignan
Marcel Carpentier
Le marquis de Chalzerac
Paul Faivre
Torchu
Suzette O'Nil
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- René Guissart
- Languages
- French
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
René Guissart directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 293 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Dranem and Jeanne Boitel and Milly Mathis carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0187686 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 65 min · 1h 5m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
René Guissart
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1933-08-31
