An avant-garde political satire that takes place in a mythical country in South America. The dictator has been replaced by a look-alike revolutionary, and the dictator's wife has been replaced by a robot.
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24 people
Zbigniew Cybulski
Colonel Octavio Prado Roth / Cotal, the rebel
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Marion Moren / The Doll
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Claudio Gora
Guillermo Moren, banker
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Catherine Milinaire
Mirt
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Jean Aron
Professor Palmas
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The Nude Vampire
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Sacha Pitoëff
Sayas
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Last Year at Marienbad
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Daniel Emilfork
'Gant de Crin', the assassin
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The City of Lost Children
The Devil's Nightmare
Jacques Dufilho
Theodora, old Indian woman
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War of the Buttons
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Gabriel Jabbour
Joachim
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Three Men and a Cradle
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Michel de Ré
Gervasio
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The Lacemaker
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Szabó László
Pascual
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Made in U.S.A
Le Petit Soldat
Roger Karl
Terremoche
Also in
The Man of the Sea
Le Vertige
Jacques Baratier Director · Jacques Audiberti Author Joseph Kosma Composer
United States release August 27, 1963 · Produced in France, Italy · Production Films Franco-Africains, Ajace Produzioni Cinematografiche
Production
Procinex
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Films Franco-Africains
Production
Ajace Produzioni Cinematografiche
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Como Films
Production
France · Italy
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Original title
La Poupée
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 1, 1962
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · November 7, 1962
Theatrical
United States · August 27, 1963
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
Germany
June 1, 1962 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
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