Le Costaud des Batignolles

Duration: 83 min

Release date: 1952-04-30

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Jules, small and weak, dreams of becoming a formidable athlete. He strives every morning to practice physical culture exercises and takes comforting tablets, without success. But he meets Nénette, a woman who, when he kisses her, suddenly endows him with prodigious strength.

Comedy

Le Costaud des Batignolles

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Raymond Bussières

Raymond Bussières

as Specialist Doctor

as Narrator (voice)

Colette Darfeuil

Colette Darfeuil

Alexandre Rignault

Alexandre Rignault

as 'Le gorille'

as Principal curator Anselme Carillon

as The Doctor's assistant

as The butcher at the fair

as The announcer of the Vél d'Hiv

as The organizer

as Hortense, the cook

as A man hit by Jules at the fair (uncredited)

as The owner of the Mala-bar (uncredited)

as An onlooker at the fair / The soldier at the fair (uncredited)

Édouard Francomme

Édouard Francomme

as A spectator at the entrance to the Vél d'hiv (uncredited)

as A spectator at the Vél d'hiv (uncredited)

Raymond Pierson

Raymond Pierson

as An onlooker at the fair / A spectator (uncredited)

Émile Riandreys

Émile Riandreys

as A clerk from Heim (uncredited)

as A customer on the terrace of 'Chez Albert' (uncredited)

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Norbert Glanzberg

Norbert Glanzberg

Original Music Composer

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