The Cow and I (1960)
Directed by Henri Verneuil
Genres - Comedy, Action, Adventure, War |
Sub-Genres - War Adventure, Adventure Comedy, Satire |
Run Time - 98 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The Cow and I is purportedly based on the wartime experiences of its star, French farceur Fernandel. The horse-faced comedian plays a French farmer stuck in Germany strong-armed into working for the Nazis. Deciding to escape, Fernandel and his faithful cow walk across Deutschland to his home in France. After a series of picaresque adventures, the farmer and his bovine buddy make it to French soil, only to run afoul of collaborators. The Cow and I was originally released as La Vache et le Prisonnier.
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friendship, war, against-all-odds, animal, behind-enemy-lines, escape, farming, journey, Nazism, peasant, police, train [locomotive], cow, France, Germany
