Two men, one name, and a horse-count that decides who lives or dies. Danish fairytale? French savagery.
Once upon a time there lived in the same village two men bearing the very same name. One of them chanced to possess four horses, the other had only one horse, so, by way of distinguishing them from each other, the proprietor of four horses was called "Great Claus," and he who owned but one horse was known as "Little Claus"...
Direction
Pierre Prévert's theatrical, slightly unhinged staging
Production
Stark black-and-white poverty aesthetics
Acting
Roger Blin's towering, terrifying Great Claus
Director
Pierre Prévert
Elisabeth Wiener
La marchande d'allumettes
Madeleine Damien
La grand-mère du grand Claus
Maurice Baquet
Le petit Claus
Hubert Deschamps
Le sacristain
Roger Blin
Le grand Claus
Fernand Berset
Le fermier
Frédérique Ruchaud
La fermière
Laure Paillette
La grand-mère du petit Claus
Georges Adet
L'apothicaire
Mag-Avril
La femme à l'entorse
Roger Pigaut
Le commentateur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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