Movie: Smuggler's Ball

Top 10 Billed Cast

Françoise Rosay
Françoise Rosay

Gabrielle Demeuse

Jean-Pierre Kérien
Jean-Pierre Kérien

Pierre

Christiane Lénier
Christiane Lénier

Siska van Moll

Daniel Ivernel
Daniel Ivernel

Jef - le délégué syndical

Yves Deniaud
Yves Deniaud

Le brigadier Achille Van Moll

Eva Ingeborg Scholz
Eva Ingeborg Scholz

Elsa Menzler

Karl John
Karl John

Hans

Käthe Haack
Käthe Haack

Moeder van Elsa

Kurt Großkurth
Kurt Großkurth

Dikke Charles

André Valmy
André Valmy

Le douanier Louis

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1952-06-08

  • Average

    4.8

  • Rating:

    2.4 starts

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  • Genres

    ComedyDrama

  • Languages:

    FrançaisNederlands