| Le Tonnerre de Dieu | |
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| Directed by | Denys de La Patellière (as Denys de La Patelliere) |
| Written by | Denys de La Patetllère (as Denys de La Patelliere) (adaptation) Pascal Jardin (adaptation) Pascal Jardin (dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Denys de La Patellère (as Denys de La Patelliere) Pascal Jardin |
| Based on | Bernard Clavel (novel) |
| Produced by | Raymond Danon |
| Starring | Jean Gabin Michèle Mercier |
| Cinematography | Walter Wottitz |
| Edited by | Claude Durand |
| Music by | Georges Garvarentz |
| Color process | Black and white |
| Production companies | Les Films Copernic Gloria-Film GmbH Fida Cinematografica |
| Distributed by | Comacico (France) Fida Cinematografica (Italy) Gloria Filmverleih (West Germany) |
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| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy West Germany |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 3,593,724 admissions (France) |
God's Thunder or Le Tonnerre de Dieu is a 1965 French-Italian-West German comedy-drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Mercier.
Plot
Upset by his wife's inability to bear him a child, Brassac picks up a prostitute, Simone, in Nantes, the local town, and takes her back home. Although disgusted with Brassac's behaviour, Simone enjoys life on his farm and contrives to heal the rift between Brassac and his wife.
Cast
- Jean Gabin as Léandre Brassac
- Michèle Mercier as Simone Leboucher
- Robert Hossein as Marcel
- Georges Géret as Roger (as Georges Geret)
- Emma Danieli as La dame au teckel (as Emma Danielli)
- Ellen Schwiers as Françoise
- Nino Vingelli as Le patron du café
- Daniel Ceccaldi as Le prêtre
- Louis Arbessier as Bricard, le ministre
- Léa Gray as La taulière
- Danielle Durou as Une fille
- Lydie Balmer as Une fille
- Nicole Beurggrave as Une fille
- Mireille Galot as Une fille
- Paul Pavel as L'ami de Marcel
- Hélène Tossy as La patronne du bistrot
- Lili Palmer as Marie Brassac
Reception
It was the seventh most popular film of 1965 in France, after The Sucker, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Gendarme in New York, Mary Poppins and Fantomas Unleashed.
See also
References
- "1965 Box Office". Box Office Story.
External links
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