Smuggler's Ball is the English-language title for this French-Belgian seriocomedy. The action takes place along the borders separating Belgium, Holland and France. It is here that the worldly Pierre (J. P. Kieran) carries on a profitable smuggling operation, all the while romancing Siska (Christian Lenier), the daughter of a local customs official. Various subplots and secondary characters weave in and out as the plotline guides the viewer through the WW II years. Towards the end, the story shifts gears when the Benelux Frontier Agreement eliminates all government regulations. The film's screenplay is by Charles Spaak, himself the descendant of a Belgian political family, and thus well-versed in bureaucracy and red tape.
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Françoise Rosay as Gabrielle Demeuse
Jean-Pierre Kérien as Pierre
Christiane Lénier as Siska van Moll
Daniel Ivernel as Jef - le délégué syndical
Yves Deniaud as Le brigadier Achille Van Moll
Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Elsa Menzler
Karl John as Hans
Käthe Haack as Moeder van Elsa
Kurt Großkurth as Dikke Charles
André Valmy as Le douanier Louis
Arthur Devère as Gus
Raymond Pellegrin as Michel Demeuse
Maryse Paillet as Kobi
Charles Mahieu as Luitenant van de rijkswacht
Robert Lussac as Smokkelaar
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