Overview:
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.
Cast Of - Le Banquet des Fraudeurs
Crew Members
Françoise Rosay Gabrielle Demeuse
Jean-Pierre Kérien Pierre
Christiane Lénier Siska van Moll
Daniel Ivernel Jef - le délégué syndical
Yves Deniaud Le brigadier Achille Van Moll
Eva Ingeborg Scholz Elsa Menzler
Karl John Hans
Käthe Haack Moeder van Elsa
Kurt Großkurth Dikke Charles
André Valmy Le douanier Louis
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