La Belle Équipe (1936)

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Five unemployed workers win 100,000 Francs in the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart.

• Released: 1936-09-01
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 1h 41m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.4/10 from 81 votes

Directed by Julien Duvivier.

Top cast

• Jean Gabin as Jean dit Jeannot
• Charles Vanel as Charles dit Charlot
• Viviane Romance as Gina
• Charles Dorat as Jacques
• Raphaël Médina as Mario
• Micheline Cheirel as Huguette, la fiancée de Mario
• Marcelle Géniat as la grand-mère d'Huguette
• Fernand Charpin as le gendarme Antomarchi
• Raymond Cordy as un ivrogne
• Jacques Baumer as Gaston Jubette, le propriétaire

Full cast & crew

Where to watch La Belle Équipe

• United States: stream on Criterion Channel
• Canada: stream on Criterion Channel

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