The Wild Oat (1953)
Le Boulanger de Valorgue
A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.
- Date of release
- 1953-02-27
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (23)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Henri Verneuil
Casting
- Fernandel — Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
- Georges Chamarat — Mr. Aussel, postmaster
- Henri Vilbert — Mayor of Valorgue
- Edmond Ardisson — Évariste, postman
- Leda Gloria — Mrs. widow Zanetti, grocer and mother of Françoise
- Pierrette Bruno — Françoise Zanetti, daughter of Mrs. Zanetti
- Jean Gaven — Abbot Daniel, village vicar
- Madeleine Sylvain — Mrs. Clotilde Hébrard, wife of Félicien
- Francis Linel — Justin Hébrard, son of Félicien
- Antonin Berval — Noël Courtade, aka 'Courte-cuisse', bicycle salesman
- Mag-Avril — Miss Negret, old maid
- Georges Briquet
Interesting facts
The Baker of Valorgue is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Fernandel, Georges Chamarat and Leda Gloria. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Giordani and Jean Mandaroux. It is also known by the alternative title The Wild Oat.
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