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             Tire-au-flanc 
						Also known as Безделникът in Bulgaria; Der Drückeberger in Germany; Escurrir el bulto in Spain; Zabušanti in Yugoslavia : [The Sad Sack] 
            (1928) France 
            B&W : Feature film 
            Directed by Jean Renoir 
            Cast: Georges Pomiès [Jean d’Ombelles], Michel Simon [Joseph Turlot], Félix Oudart [Le Colonel Brochard], Jean Storm [Le Lieutnt Daumel], Paul Velsa [Caporal Bourrache], Zellas (Louis Zellas) [Muflot], Manuel Raby (Manuel Raaby) [l’adjudant], Roland Caillaux [le sergent], André Cerf [un ‘Bleu’], Fridette Fatton [Georgette], Jeanne Helbling [Solange Blandin], Maryane (Maryanne) [Madame Blandin], Kinny Dorlay [Lily], Esther Kiss [Madame Fléchais], Breugnot [l’escouade], Clerjane (Clairjane) [l’escouade], Dalban (Max Dalban) [l’escouade], Delacour [l’escouade], Got [l’escouade], Le Fournier [l’escouade], Le Montagne [l’escouade], Catherine Hessling [l’institutrice] 
            Néo-Film production; distributed by Les Films Armor. / Produced by Pierre Braunberger. Scenario by Claude Heymann and Jean Renoir, from a play by Sylvane (André Sylvane) and André Mouëzy-Éon. Production design by Éric Aes (Erik Aaes). Assistant directors, Claude Heymann and Armand Pascal. Cinematography by Jean Bachelet. Stills photography by P. Engberg. Intertitles written by André Rigaud. / Released 18 July 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film. 
            Comedy. 
            Survival status: Print exists. 
            Current rights holder: (unknown) 
            Listing updated: 21 May 2020. 
            References: ClasIm-305 p ? : Website-IMDb. 
            Home video: DVD. 
            
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