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Smuggler's Ball (1952)

Comedy,Drama

90 minutos

Comedy,Drama

90 minutos

Director: Henri Storck

Reparto: 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,

Fecha de Estreno: 1952-06-08

Sinopsis

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.