Krapatchouk

Krapatchouk

91 mins | Comedy | April 7, 1993

Two young men have left their obscure Balkan country to earn some money as "guest workers" in western Europe. On their way back home, they attempt to change trains in Paris but encounter surprising difficulties from the ticket authorities there. It seems that political changes have rendered their homeland nonexistent, and their passports are no good. Before long, they are stranded in Paris without passports, without a country, and soon even their luggage is stolen. Their fumbling efforts to straighten out the mess result in the French press getting into the act, labeling them as Russian spies. The Parisian expatriate community takes them into its bosom, and romance blooms between one of the lads and a Spanish hatmaker, before they finally achieve a (highly improbable) solution for their difficulties.

Krapatchouk

91 mins | Comedy | April 7, 1993

Krapatchouk
Two young men have left their obscure Balkan country to earn some money as "guest workers" in western Europe. On their way back home, they attempt to change trains in Paris but encounter surprising difficulties from the ticket authorities there. It seems that political changes have rendered their homeland nonexistent, and their passports are no good. Before long, they are stranded in Paris without passports, without a country, and soon even their luggage is stolen. Their fumbling efforts to straighten out the mess result in the French press getting into the act, labeling them as Russian spies. The Parisian expatriate community takes them into its bosom, and romance blooms between one of the lads and a Spanish hatmaker, before they finally achieve a (highly improbable) solution for their difficulties.
Producers Société Générale de Gestion Cinématographique (SGGC), Alain Keytsman Production, Legend, Aries TV-92
Original title Krapatchouk
Directors Andrés del Arco, Joëlle Keyser, Frédéric Cordier, Antonio Olivares, Bernard Vander Donckt, Enrique Gabriel, Alain Monne
Writers Enrique Gabriel

Cast

Guy Pion

as Polsi

Pyotr Zaychenko

as Tchelorek

Ángela Molina

as Lisa

Didier Flamand

as Lagachis

Jean-Pierre Sentier

as Marceau

Óscar Ladoire

as Arthur

Hadi El Gammal

as Ahmed

Serge-Henri Valcke

as Fuselier

Mary Santpere

as Cornélia

Serge Marquand

as Philemon

Catherine Vichniakoff

as Femme Projévitsa

Raymond Avenière

as Patron entrepôt

Raúl Fraire

as Alvarez

Dieudonné Kabongo

as Mahmoud

Jacques Herlin

as Travailleur immigré

Jaoued Deggouj

as Travailleur arabe

Alexandre Cambas

as Travailleur grec

Nicole Duret

as Secrétaire patron

Michel Israël

as Pampaloni

Muriel Lejeune

as Présentatrice TV

Catherine Claeys

as Préposée SNCF

Hélène Gailly

as Josiane

Jean-François Politzer

as Inspecteur SNCF

Jean-Paul Humpers

as Chef de service

José María Sagone

as Orateur conférence

Yelena Samarina

as Militaire soviétique

Oscar F. Kolombatovich

as Militaire américain

Aïda Trujillo

as Cartomancienne

Bruno Georis

as Lecteur train

Elisabeth Rodriguez

as Femme pressée

Estelle Marion

as Mathilde

André Schonfeld

as Ambassadeur URSS

Romy Patton

as Chouchou

Felicitas Munin

as Interprète conférence

Anne Boutemy

as Fille poursuite

Fabrice Tebeka

as Garçon poursuite