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The Green Mare
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The Green Mare

1959-10-29 · 90 min · ★ 5.6

Comedy · Drama

A green mare makes the fortune of her owner, the horse dealer Haudouin. Shortly after his death, war broke out in 1870. One day, his neighbor Zèphe Maloret denounces Honoré, Haudouin's son, a maverick, to the Prussians. Following this denunciation, their non-commissioned officer enters the Haudouin home and rapes the mother while Honoré is hidden under the bed. The resentment already existing between the Haudouin and Maloret families turns to hatred... A letter recalling the events is lost, which doesn't help matters.

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Directors
Claude Autant-Lara
Production companies
Zebra Films, Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG), S.O.P.A.C.
Countries
France, Italy
Status
Released

Top Cast

BourvilBourvilHonoré Haudouin
Francis BlancheFrancis BlancheFerdinand Haudouin
Yves RobertYves RobertZèphe Maloret
Sandra MiloSandra MiloMargerite Maloret
Julien CaretteJulien CarettePhilibert
Valérie LagrangeValérie LagrangeJuliette Haudouin
Marie DéaMarie DéaAnaïs Maloret
Guy BertilGuy BertilToucheur
Mireille PerreyMother Haudouin
Georges WilsonGeorges WilsonJules Haudouin
AmédéeErnest Haudoin, the son
Marie MergeyMarie MergeyAdélaïde Haudoin
Claude SainlouisNoël Maloret
Nicole MirelNicole MirelAline
Hans VernerHans VernerPrussian non-commissioned officer
Michel BardinetMichel BardinetPainter
Martine HavetMartine HavetMouton
Benoîte LabbHélène Haudoin
Ernest VarialFeldwebel who rapes mother Haudoin
François NocherFrançois NocherFrédéric Maloret

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