Smuggler's Ball
movie
Released June 08, 1952
Overview
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.
Cast
Françoise Rosay
as
Gabrielle Demeuse
Jean-Pierre Kérien
as
Pierre
Christiane Lénier
as
Siska van Moll
Daniel Ivernel
as
Jef - le délégué syndical
Yves Deniaud
as
Le brigadier Achille Van Moll
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
as
Elsa Menzler
Karl John
as
Hans
Käthe Haack
as
Moeder van Elsa
Kurt Großkurth
as
Dikke Charles
André Valmy
as
Le douanier Louis
Arthur Devère
as
Gus
Raymond Pellegrin
as
Michel Demeuse
