War of the Buttons
Cast & Crew
Yves Robert
Martin Lartigue
André Treton
Michel Isella
Jacques Dufilho
Pierre Trabaud
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Synopsis
The boys of the provincial villages of Longeverne and Velrans are rivals; and open conflict breaks out between the two groups when two Longeverne boys are insulted by the Velrans boys, although the meaning of the insult is really not understood. Buttons become the prize of war, and each captive is stripped of all he possesses until the Longeverne boys led by Lebrac attack nude and deliver a crushing defeat. But there is a traitor among the Longeverne boys, and, as they are celebrating their victory at a feast, the Velrans boys led by Aztec attack and completely rout them. The traitor is discovered and punished, but he informs the elders, thus causing all the Longeverne boys to be punished. Lebrac, however, escapes to the woods and eludes searchers for 4 days. He is captured, and both he and the leader of the Velrans boys are sent to reform school for waging war without sanction.
Director
Yves Robert
Cast
Martin Lartigue
André Treton
Michel Isella
Jacques Dufilho
Pierre Trabaud
Jean Richard
Yvette Etiévant
Michel Galabru
Pierre Tchernia
Michèle Meritz
Paul Crauchet
Claude Confortes
Henri Labussière
Robert Rollis
Louisette Rousseau
Yves Peneau
Crew
André Bac
José Berghmans
François Boyer
François Boyer
Pierre Calvet
Léon Carré
Jean Casadesus
René-pierre Chouteau
Danièle Delorme
Noelle Gillmor
Yves Robert
Yves Robert
Pierre Thévenet
Marie Josèphe Yoyotte
Film Details
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Notes
Opened in Paris in April 1962 as La guerre des boutons; running time: 90 min. Previously filmed as Generals Without Buttons (France, 1938).
