Toine, the local hunchback, works at the tile manufacturing plant, but during the summer, he gives a hand to Micoulin, the farmer, thereby being able to spend more time close to Nais, Micoulin's daughter. That summer, the estate owner's son, Frederic Rostaing, decides to rest on the farm during his vacation from Law school. But his real motives are to seduce young Nais, whom he knows from their childhood days, after having seen her in town. Who will win the power struggle between the possessive father, the naive daughter, the vile student and the golden-hearted cripple?
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16 people
Fernandel
Toine
Known for
The Little World of Don Camillo
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Raymond Pellegrin
Frédéric Rostaing
Known for
Le Deuxième Souffle
The Knock Out Cop
Emile Zola
Raymond Leboursier
Also in
Halfway Up the Sky
The Devil's Holiday
Jean Martinetti
Walter Wottitz
Jacqueline Pagnol
Naïs Micoulin
Also in
Manon of the Spring
Topaze
Marcel Pagnol
Robert Giordani
Germaine Kerjean
Madame Rostaing
Known for
Deadlier Than the Male
Charles Suin
Henri Poupon
Micoulin
Known for
Heartbeat
Stormy Waters
Marcel Pagnol Director · Raymond Leboursier Director Émile Zola Author
United States release June 15, 1948 · Produced in France
Production
Gaumont
Production
France
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Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 17, 1945
Theatrical
United States · June 15, 1948
New York City, New York
Belgium
March 1, 1946 · Brussels
Germany
March 17, 1972 · TV premiere
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