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The Smugglers' Banquet (1952)

The Smugglers' Banquet poster
Original title
Le Banquet des Fraudeurs
Directed by
Henri Storck
Genre
documentary film
Country
Belgium
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of smugglers gather for a tense banquet that leads to conflict and betrayal. The film follows their interactions as hidden agendas surface.

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What happens

The Smugglers' Banquet (French: Le Banquet des fraudeurs, German: Das Bankett der Schmuggler) is a 1952 Belgian-West German crime film directed by Henri Storck. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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