The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
La fille du garde-barrière
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
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Mona Heftre
Mona
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Michel Dussarat
Dudu
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Annick Berger
Madame Julien
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Jean-Paul Farré
Le maire
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Valérie Kling
Gertrude, la femme du maire
Jean-Paul Muel
Sheik Abdullah
Roland Topor
Le pochard
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Jérôme Savary
Le garde-barrière
Maritin
Chauffeur
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Guy Gallardo
Bernard
Éric Demarsan
Composer
Robert Alazraki
Cinematographer
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Dominique Chapuis
Cinematographer