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The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard (1975)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 35M

Director : Jérôme Savary

Synopsis

Based on the idea by Roland Topor (screenwriter of Roman Polanski's The Tenant), this very curious completely silent melodrama tells the story of Mona, who has left her father, the railway gatekeeper, after being raped on the train track. She is kidnapped and taken to a Parisian whorehouse. However, a disinherited prince, Dudu who tries to rescue her, is himself kidnapped and forced to serve as a male prostitute. The two captives meet there and fall in love. They are taken away by different rich people - he to an Arab "harem," she to a surgeon's home.

Actors

Mona Heftre
Mona Heftre
Mona
Michel Dussarat
Michel Dussarat
Dudu
Annick Berger
Annick Berger
Madame Julien
Jean-Paul Farré
Jean-Paul Farré
Le maire
Valérie Kling
Valérie Kling
Gertrude, la femme du maire
Jean-Paul Muel
Jean-Paul Muel
Sheik Abdullah
Roland Topor
Roland Topor
Le pochard
Jérôme Savary
Jérôme Savary
Le garde-barrière

Crews

Jérôme Savary
Jérôme Savary
Director
Jérôme Savary
Jérôme Savary
Writer
Roland Topor
Roland Topor
Writer
Éric Demarsan
Éric Demarsan
Music
Robert Alazraki
Robert Alazraki
Director of Photography
Dominique Chapuis
Dominique Chapuis
Director of Photography
Claude Reznik
Claude Reznik
Editor
Hélène Viard
Hélène Viard
Editor

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