''Adémaï au poteau-frontière'' en, Ademaï in the frontier post, is a French

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film from 1950, directed by

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, written by

, and starring Colline as a peasant and featuring

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as a soldier.

Synopsis

The peasant Adémaï, returning home, gets lost in the forest and knocks down a border post. In his haste to replant it, he installs it upside down. The patrols of the two bordering - and antagonistic - countries replant the border post facing in a different direction each time they pass it. War becomes more and more likely as the border is repeatedly violated.

Cast

as Adémaï, the peasant * Sophie Carral as the female smuggler *

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* Jean Richard * Thérèse Aspar *

: soldier (uncredited) * Simone Duhart * Alice Leitner * Paul Barre *

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References

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Adémaï au poteau-frontière (1950)
at the ''Films de France'' 1950 films French comedy films 1950s French-language films French black-and-white films 1950 comedy films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub