War of the Buttons

War of the Buttons

90 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 18, 1962

For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes...

War of the Buttons

90 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 18, 1962

War of the Buttons
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes...
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Les Productions de la Guéville
Original title La Guerre des boutons
Directors Régis Forissier, Yves Robert
Writers Louis Pergaud, Yves Robert, François Boyer

Cast

Jacques Dufilho

as L'Aztec's father

Yvette Etiévant

as Lebrac's mother

Michel Galabru

as Bacaillé's father

Michèle Méritz

as L'Aztec's mother

Jean Richard

as Lebrac's father

Pierre Tchernia

as Bédouin, rural warden

Pierre Trabaud

as Teacher at Longeverne

Claude Confortès

as Nestor, postman

Paul Crauchet

as Touegueule

Henri Labussière

as Countryman

Yves Peneau

as General supervisor

Robert Rollis

as Migue la lune's father

Louisette Rousseau

as Bacaillé's mother

André Treton

as Lebrac (uncredited)

Michel Isella

as "L'Aztec" (uncredited)

Martin Lartigue

as "Petit Gibus" (uncredited)

François Lartigue

as "Grand Gibus" (uncredited)

Marie-Catherine Faburel

as Marie-Tintin (uncredited)

Jean-Paul Queret

as Bacaillé (uncredited)

Daniel Janneau

as "La Crique" (uncredited)

Patrick Loiselet

as Lieutenant of Lebrac (uncredited)

Christophe Bourseiller

as Gaston (uncredited)

François Boyer

as Priest (uncredited)

Jean-Denis Robert

as Child of the Lebrac gang (uncredited)