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Un cheval pour deux

  • 19621962
  • 1h 30m
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25th August 1944;Paris,free at last !and it's my birthday says jailbird Maurice:he is released from the slammer by resistant fighters but he was actually arrested for stealing a bike five ye... Read all25th August 1944;Paris,free at last !and it's my birthday says jailbird Maurice:he is released from the slammer by resistant fighters but he was actually arrested for stealing a bike five years before .25th August 1944;Paris,free at last !and it's my birthday says jailbird Maurice:he is released from the slammer by resistant fighters but he was actually arrested for stealing a bike five years before .
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  • Director
    • Jean-Marc Thibault
  • Writers
    • Jean-Marc Thibault
    • Roger Pierre
  • Stars
    • Roger Pierre
    • Jean-Marc Thibault
    • Alexandre Dréan
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  • Director
    • Jean-Marc Thibault
  • Writers
    • Jean-Marc Thibault
    • Roger Pierre
  • Stars
    • Roger Pierre
    • Jean-Marc Thibault
    • Alexandre Dréan
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    Roger Pierre
    Roger Pierre
    • Mauriceas Maurice
    Jean-Marc Thibault
    Jean-Marc Thibault
    • Rolandas Roland
    Alexandre Dréan
    • Le voisin au chien de Rolandas Le voisin au chien de Roland
    Louisette Rousseau
    • La concierge de Rolandas La concierge de Roland
    Michel Nastorg
    • Jean-Pierre - le boucher efféminéas Jean-Pierre - le boucher efféminé
    André Astier
      Berlingot
      • Le chevalas Le cheval
      Dominique Davray
      Dominique Davray
      • La crémièreas La crémière
      Robert Dhéry
      Robert Dhéry
      • L'agent qui arrête le voleur de valisesas L'agent qui arrête le voleur de valises
      Geneviève Germain
      Pierre Gualdi
      Yvon Jean
      • Un employé de l'abattoiras Un employé de l'abattoir
      • (as Yvon Jean-Claude)
      Henri Labussière
      • L'agent de police Léonas L'agent de police Léon
      René-Louis Lafforgue
      René-Louis Lafforgue
      • Un garçon boucheras Un garçon boucher
      Georges-Xavier Loir
      Pomme
      • La mère de Mauriceas La mère de Maurice
      Jean-Jacques Steen
      • Le concierge de Rolandas Le concierge de Roland
      Pierre Tchernia
      Pierre Tchernia
      • L'autre agent qui arrête le voleur de valisesas L'autre agent qui arrête le voleur de valises
      • Director
        • Jean-Marc Thibault
      • Writers
        • Jean-Marc Thibault
        • Roger Pierre
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      25th August 1944;Paris,free at last !and it's my birthday says jailbird Maurice:he is released from the slammer by resistant fighters but he was actually arrested for stealing a bike five years before . When he returns home ,all is not so rosy.Mother is not prepared to feed him for free at a time when housewives stand in line with their ration card in their hands.So Maurice steals again ,this time a horse called Berlingot (=hard candy),so as to sell steaks on the black market.Helped by his schoolmate Roland,he begins the task.He must first find potential customers :but,down on his luck,he meets policemen ,priests and nymphomaniacs and his future steaks sell poorly.And to kill the horse they have become friends with is too hard.. —dbdumonteil
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        Referenced in Les échos du cinéma: Episode #1.57 (1961)

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      For good old horses,life is getting worse.
      Like Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault,Roger Pierre and Jean-Marc Thibault were one of the most famous comic male duets of the era.Roger Pierre wore several hats in "Un Cheval Pour Deux:actor,writer and director.

      25th August 1944;Paris,free at last !and it's my birthday says jailbird Maurice:he is released from the slammer by resistant fighters but he was actually arrested for stealing a bike five years before (perhaps that of the hero of Vittorio De Sica? who knows?)

      When he returns home ,all is not so rosy:"what happened in all those years" he naively asks his grumpy mom.Mother is not prepared to feed him for free at a time when housewives stand in line with their ration card in their hands.So Maurice steals again ,this time a horse called Berlingot (=hard candy),so as to sell steaks on the black market.Helped by his so called schoolmate Roland,he begins the task.He must first find potential customers :but,down on his luck,he meets policemen ,priests and nymphomaniacs and his future steaks sell poorly.And to kill the horse they become friends with is beyond them....

      Roger Pierre thought his movie was completely lost ,but it is not,and the copy which circulates is quite satisfying."Un Cheval pour Deux" could have been treated as a silent movie ,for many gags are purely visual;there are good things ,notably when Maurice ,in his smart suit ,discovers that fashion has changed since 1939;the ending in the slaughterhouse is a little heavy-handed but Roger Pierre can make his pet cry in the very last shot!

      Like this?try these

      "La Traversée De Paris " Claude Autant-Lara ,1956

      "Heureux Qui Comme Ulysse" Henri Colpi ,1971
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      • Release date
        • January 24, 1962 (France)
      • Country of origin
        • France
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • A Horse for Two
      • Production company
        • Horizons Cinématographie
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 30 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.66 : 1

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