Smuggler's Ball
Le Banquet des Fraudeurs
Synopsis
Smuggler's Ball is the English-language title for this French-Belgian seriocomedy. The action takes place along the borders separating Belgium, Holland and France. It is here that the worldly Pierre (J. P. Kieran) carries on a profitable smuggling operation, all the while romancing Siska (Christian Lenier), the daughter of a local customs official. Various subplots and secondary characters weave in and out as the plotline guides the viewer through the WW II years. Towards the end, the story shifts gears when the Benelux Frontier Agreement eliminates all government regulations. The film's screenplay is by Charles Spaak, himself the descendant of a Belgian political family, and thus well-versed in bureaucracy and red tape.
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Françoise Rosay
as Gabrielle Demeuse
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Jean-Pierre Kérien
as Pierre
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Christiane Lénier
as Siska van Moll
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Daniel Ivernel
as Jef - le délégué syndical
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Yves Deniaud
as Le brigadier Achille Van Moll
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Eva Ingeborg Scholz
as Elsa Menzler
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Karl John
as Hans
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Käthe Haack
as Moeder van Elsa
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Kurt Großkurth
as Dikke Charles
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André Valmy
as Le douanier Louis
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