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Smuggler's Ball

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Smuggler's Ball is the English-language title for this French-Belgian seriocomedy. The action takes place along the borders separating Belgium, Holland and France. It is here that the worldly Pierre (J. P. Kieran) carries on a profitable smuggling operation, all the while romancing Siska (Christian Lenier), the daughter of a local customs official. Various subplots and secondary characters weave in and out as the plotline guides the viewer through the WW II years. Towards the end, the story shifts gears when the Benelux Frontier Agreement eliminates all government regulations. The film's screenplay is by Charles Spaak, himself the descendant of a Belgian political family, and thus well-versed in bureaucracy and red tape.

Date: 06/08/1952
Rating: 4.8
Cast: Françoise Rosay, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Christiane Lénier, Daniel Ivernel, Yves Deniaud, Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Karl John, Käthe Haack, Kurt Großkurth, André Valmy, Arthur Devère, Raymond Pellegrin, Maryse Paillet, Charles Mahieu, Robert Lussac

Françoise Rosay as Gabrielle Demeuse in Smuggler's Ball Françoise Rosay

Jean-Pierre Kérien as Pierre in Smuggler's Ball Jean-Pierre Kérien

Christiane Lénier as Siska van Moll in Smuggler's Ball Christiane Lénier

Daniel Ivernel as Jef - le délégué syndical in Smuggler's Ball Daniel Ivernel

Yves Deniaud as Le brigadier Achille Van Moll in Smuggler's Ball Yves Deniaud

Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Elsa Menzler in Smuggler's Ball Eva Ingeborg Scholz

Karl John as Hans in Smuggler's Ball Karl John

Käthe Haack as Moeder van Elsa in Smuggler's Ball Käthe Haack

Kurt Großkurth as Dikke Charles in Smuggler's Ball Kurt Großkurth

André Valmy as Le douanier Louis in Smuggler's Ball André Valmy

Arthur Devère as Gus in Smuggler's Ball Arthur Devère

Raymond Pellegrin as Michel Demeuse in Smuggler's Ball Raymond Pellegrin

Maryse Paillet

Charles Mahieu

Robert Lussac