Way of Youth

Sep 23, 1959

1h 30m

★ 6.0

Overview

This movie is a Marcel Aymé adaptation and it deals with the not-so-glorious side of the Occupation: black market, war profiteers, cracking open bottles of Champagne while most of the Parisians are almost starving.

Genres

Comedy

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Cast

Yvette Grandmaison

Françoise Arnoul

Charles Michaud

Bourvil

Tiercelin

Lino Ventura

Antoine Michaud

Alain Delon

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Pierre Mondy

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Sandra Milo

Paul Tiercelin

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