Release Date

08 Jun, 1952

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Smuggler's Ball is the English-language title for this French-Belgian seriocomedy. The action takes place along the borders separating Belgium, Holland and France. It is here that the worldly Pierre (J. P. Kieran) carries on a profitable smuggling operation, all the while romancing Siska (Christian Lenier), the daughter of a local customs official. Various subplots and secondary characters weave in and out as the plotline guides the viewer through the WW II years. Towards the end, the story shifts gears when the Benelux Frontier Agreement eliminates all government regulations. The film's screenplay is by Charles Spaak, himself the descendant of a Belgian political family, and thus well-versed in bureaucracy and red tape.

Original Title

Le Banquet des Fraudeurs

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Actors

Françoise Rosay

Jean-Pierre Kérien

Christiane Lénier

Daniel Ivernel

Yves Deniaud

Eva Ingeborg Scholz

Karl John

Käthe Haack

Kurt Großkurth

André Valmy

Arthur Devère

Raymond Pellegrin

Maryse Paillet

Charles Mahieu

Robert Lussac

Crew

Henri Storck

Charles Spaak