Le Costaud des Batignolles
2.5/ 10(2 votes)
1h 23m
April 30, 1952
FR
Jules, small and weak, dreams of becoming a formidable athlete. He strives every morning to practice physical culture exercises and takes comforting tablets, without success. But he meets Nénette, a woman who, when he kisses her, suddenly endows him with prodigious strength.
Directed byGuy Lacourt
Cast (27)
Raymond Bussières
Jules
Annette Poivre
Nénette
Jean Ozenne
Specialist Doctor
Pierre Mondy
Accomplice
Jean Richard
Policeman
Gérard Oury
Narrator (voice)
Colette Darfeuil
Dédée
Alexandre Rignault
'Le gorille'
Roger Saget
'Louis XIV'
Robert Le Fort
Milou
Serge Nadaud
Principal curator Anselme Carillon
Al Cabrol
O'Riol
François Joux
The Doctor's assistant
Pierre Duncan
The butcher at the fair
André Chanu
The announcer of the Vél d'Hiv
Hennery
The organizer
Janine Villard
Jean-Max
Pierrot
Matty Peters
Hortense, the cook
Albert Augier
A man hit by Jules at the fair (uncredited)
Paul Azaïs
The owner of the Mala-bar (uncredited)
Jean Droze
An onlooker at the fair / The soldier at the fair (uncredited)
Édouard Francomme
A spectator at the entrance to the Vél d'hiv (uncredited)
Bernard Musson
A spectator at the Vél d'hiv (uncredited)
Raymond Pierson
An onlooker at the fair / A spectator (uncredited)
Émile Riandreys
A clerk from Heim (uncredited)
Sophie Sel
A customer on the terrace of 'Chez Albert' (uncredited)
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