La Carcasse et le Tord-cou (1948)

10.0/10 100 min Comedy

Overview

La Carcasse, an obtuse peasant, lives with his wife Lucie and his father-in-law Tord-cou. At odds with his son-in-law, the Tord-cou takes it into his head to marry Thérésa, the daughter of their neighbor Casimir. But the Carcass, too, feels attracted to the young woman...

Cast

Michel Simon

Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'

Michèle Martin

Thérésa

Lucien Coëdel

Louis, aka 'La Carcasse'

Madeleine Suffel

Lucie

Jean Brochard

Me Souquet

Lolita De Silva

Farm girl

Maurice Marceau

Peasant

Léon Larive

Commander Ludovic Midol

Paul Mercey

Peasant

Louis Seigner

Casimir Gros

Eugène Stuber

Worker (uncredited)

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