The Bureaucrats (1959)

Original title

Messieurs les ronds de cuir

Directed by

Henri Diamant-Berger

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

U

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Office workers get tangled up in absurd bureaucratic situations. The film follows their comedic struggles with paperwork and red tape.

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What happens

The Bureaucrats (French: Messieurs les ronds de cuir) is a 1959 French comedy film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Noël-Noël, Philippe Clay and Jean Richard. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's art direction was by Roger Briaucourt. It is a remake of the 1936 film of the same title, with both based on a novel by Georges Courteline. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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