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About
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.
Director
Studio
EFilm, Tevefilm
Original Title
Le Banquet des Fraudeurs
Original Language
French
Cast
Full credits →F
Françoise Rosay
Gabrielle Demeuse
J
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Pierre
C
Christiane Lénier
Siska van Moll
D
Daniel Ivernel
Jef - le délégué syndical
Y
Yves Deniaud
Le brigadier Achille Van Moll
E
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
Elsa Menzler
K
Karl John
Hans
K
Käthe Haack
Moeder van Elsa
K
Kurt Großkurth
Dikke Charles
A
André Valmy
Le douanier Louis
A
Arthur Devère
Gus
R
Raymond Pellegrin
Michel Demeuse
M
Maryse Paillet
Kobi
C
Charles Mahieu
Luitenant van de rijkswacht
R
Robert Lussac
Smokkelaar
