The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
Synopsis
Victor (Jean Gabin) an old man, is a grocer and an obnoxious boss. He has always told his family tales of sea travel and sailing, even though they believe he never was at sea. When his nephew wins a prize for building a model boat, and gets orders to build the boat he's modelled, uncle Victor knows enough to help supervise the construction, much to the relief of his employees. The nephew's boss stops funding the boat, but Victor takes up the slack and it is finally built. It does no one any good in the nephew's backyard, and after a huge struggle the family gets it into the Seine River, where one thing after another goes wrong. The nephew's son burns the troublesome boat, and Victor goes back to his grocery to one again harass his workers properly.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (18)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Profilm S.A., Marianne Productions, Société Gafer
- Film exports/foreign sales : Paramount Classics
Full credits (20)
- Executive Producer : Jean-Paul Guibert
- Adaptation : René Fallet
- Screenwriters : Michel Audiard, Jean-Marie Poiré, René Fallet
- Dialogue Writer : Michel Audiard
- Director of Photography : Pierre Petit
- Music Composer : Georges Brassens
- Editors : Robert Isnardon, Monique Isnardon
- Sound Recordist : Guy Villette
- Costume designer : Hélène Nourry
- Author of original work : René Fallet
- Sound Assistant : Victor Revelli
- Assistant Operators : Michel Coteret, François Audiard, Gérard Petit
- Camera Operator : Adolphe Charlet
- Production Manager : Pierre Saint-Blancat
- Assistant editor : Marie-Jo Audiard
- Continuity supervisor : Colette Robin
- Production Designer : Jean D'Eaubonne
- Art Director : Jacques Brizzio
- Still Photographer : Marcel Dolé
- Location Manager : Jean-Marc Isy
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1971
- French release : 13/10/1971
- Runtime : 1 h 18 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 38191
- Visa issue date : 20/09/1971
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Mono
