The Cow and I
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In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.
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Fernandel
Charles Bailly
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René Havard
Bussière
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Bernard Musson
Pommier
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Ellen Schwiers
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Pierre-Louis
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Franziska Kinz
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Diary of a Lost Girl
Maurice Nasil
Bertoux
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Richard Winckler
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Ingeborg Schöner
Helga
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Good Day, Ramon
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Heinrich Gretler
Bockmann
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Benno Hoffmann
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Albert Hehn
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Jungens
Henri Verneuil Director · Henri Jeanson Writer Jean Manse Writer
United States release December 16, 1959 · Produced in France, Italy · Languages French, German
Production
Les Films du Cyclope
Production
Da-Ma Cinematografica
Production
France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La Vache et le Prisonnier
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · German
Release dates
France · December 16, 1959
Theatrical
United States · December 16, 1959
Theatrical
France
April 21, 2026 · TV · Paris Première
Netherlands
March 8, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Romania
March 17, 1961 · Theatrical
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