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Clochemerle
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Clochemerle

1972-02-18 · 30 min / episode · ★ 5.0

Comedy

Clochemerle is a 1972 British–West German television comedy based on Gabriel Chevallier's 1934 novel of the same name, with Ray Galton and Alan Simpson adapting the text. Filmed on location in France, it starred Roy Dotrice, Wendy Hiller, Cyril Cusack, Kenneth Griffith, and Cyd Hayman, with narration by Peter Ustinov. In the small French village of Clochemerle, Mayor Barthelemey Piechut plans for the erection of a 'pissoir' (gentlemen's public convenience) in the town square. Unfortunately, the rest of the rural inhabitants aren't as impressed.

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Creators
Michael Mills
Production companies
Pidax Film- und Hörspielverlag, BBC, Bavaria Film
Countries
United Kingdom, Germany
Status
Ended

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Peter UstinovPeter UstinovNarrator

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