Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
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Production year1970
French release19/02/1971
Runtime
1h 25m
Synopsis
Alfred (Michel Serrault) doesn't work. He lets his wife do that. Instead, he plays the horses, and wanders about, hitchhiking. His sly laziness serves him in good stead when he is kidnapped by people he thought were giving him a ride. He wakes from unconsciousness in a coffin in Istanbul, pockets full of counterfeit cash. Another gang, not the one that kidnapped him, accosts him and tries to find out what kind of smuggling scheme would send him in the coffin. The original gang then makes its presence known, and Alfred tries with some skill to play one against the other in this gangster farce.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (34)
Production and distribution (3)
Full credits (18)
- Adaptation : Jean-Marie Poiré, Michel Audiard
- Screenwriters : Michel Audiard, Jean-Marie Poiré
- Dialogue Writer : Michel Audiard
- Directors of Photography : Pierre Petit, Alain Boisnard
- Music Composer : Eddie Vartan
- Assistant directors : Tony Aboyantz, François Audiard
- Editors : Robert Isnardon, Monique Isnardon
- Sound Recordist : Guy Villette
- Author of original work : Ed Mcbain
- Producer : Alain Poiré
- Sound Assistant : Victor Revelli
- Assistant Operator : Gérard Petit
- Camera Operator : Adolphe Charlet
- Production Manager : Robert Sussfeld
- Production Designer : Jean D'Eaubonne
- Stunt performer : Henri Cogan
- Still Photographer : Henri Thibault
- Location Manager : Gérard Crosnier
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Black comedy
- Themes : Fraud
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1970
- French release : 19/02/1971
- Runtime : 1 h 25 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 37625
- Visa issue date : 15/02/1971
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Mono
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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