La Vache et le Prisonnier (1959)

Directed by

Henri Verneuil

Genre

comedy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

U

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 139 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French prisoner of war in Germany during World War II escapes from the farm where he is forced to work. He walks away with a cow named Marguerite as his companion.

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What happens

La Vache et le Prisonnier (English version: "The Cow and I") is a French-Italian tragicomedy film from 1959, starring Fernandel and directed by Henri Verneuil, that is based on Jacques Antoine's 1945 novel, Une histoire vraie (A True Story). It tells the story of a French prisoner of war in World War II forced to work on a farm in Germany who decides to escape by walking away with a cow he calls Marguerite (Daisy in English). It was the most successful film in France in 1959, with over 8 million seats sold. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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