The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard

The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard

95 mins | Comedy | Sept. 3, 1975

Based on the idea by Roland Topor (screenwriter of Roman Polanski's The Tenant), this very curious completely silent melodrama tells the story of Mona, who has left her father, the railway gatekeeper, after being raped on the train track. She is kidnapped and taken to a Parisian whorehouse. However, a disinherited prince, Dudu who tries to rescue her, is himself kidnapped and forced to serve as a male prostitute. The two captives meet there and fall in love. They are taken away by different rich people - he to an Arab "harem," she to a surgeon's home.

The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard

95 mins | Comedy | Sept. 3, 1975

The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
Based on the idea by Roland Topor (screenwriter of Roman Polanski's The Tenant), this very curious completely silent melodrama tells the story of Mona, who has left her father, the railway gatekeeper, after being raped on the train track. She is kidnapped and taken to a Parisian whorehouse. However, a disinherited prince, Dudu who tries to rescue her, is himself kidnapped and forced to serve as a male prostitute. The two captives meet there and fall in love. They are taken away by different rich people - he to an Arab "harem," she to a surgeon's home.
Producers Atelier de Production Cinématographique, Fatty's Production
Original title La Fille du garde-barrière
Directors Jérôme Savary
Writers Jérôme Savary, Roland Topor

Cast

Mona Heftre

as Mona

Michel Dussarat

as Dudu

Annick Berger

as Madame Julien

Jean-Paul Farré

as Le maire

Valérie Kling

as Gertrude, la femme du maire

Jean-Paul Muel

as Sheik Abdullah

Roland Topor

as Le pochard

Jérôme Savary

as Le garde-barrière