A petty thief works his way up the absurd hierarchy of Goto, an archipelago cut off from civilisation by a tumultuous earthquake. His dream is to possess Glossia, a stifled beauty trapped in a loveless marriage to a melancholic dictator.
Cast
Pierre Brasseur
Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
Ligia Branice
Glossia
Jean-Pierre Andréani
Le Lieutenant Gono
Ginette Leclerc
Gonasta
Fernand Bercher
L'Instituteur
Michel Charrel
Grymp
Pierre Collet
Unknown
Raoul Darblay
Le Général Gwino
Rudy Lenoir
Le Juge d'Instruction
Maritin
Unknown
Colette Régis
La Directrice de la Maison Close
Michel Thomass
Gra
Ari Arcadi
L'Officier Exécuteur de Chiens
Guy Bonnafoux
Gurto
Canari
Unknown
Robert Capia
Unknown
André Cassan
Le Médecin
Hubert Lassiat
Le Général aux Lunettes
Allain Marco
Gabro
Noël Mickely
Le Musicien à la Scie
Paul Pallardy
Unknown
Percival Russel
Gotudo
Pascale Brouillard
Gauda
Alain Noël
Unknown
Steve Kalfa
Gilo
Guy Saint-Jean
Grozo
René Dary
Gomor
Pascale Christophe
Girl with a Brother and a Donkey (uncredited)
Arnol Cocos
(uncredited)
Roland Fleury
Un Soldat (uncredited)
Crew
Walerian Borowczyk
Director, Screenplay, Dialogue
Charles Bretoneiche
Editor
Colette Cueille
Assistant Editor
Guy Durban
Director of Photography
Patrick Saglio
Assistant Director
Louis Duchesne
Producer, Production Manager
René Thévenet
Producer
Gisèle Thénaisie
Production Assistant
Noël Véry
Assistant Camera
Jean-Pierre Platel
First Assistant Camera
Renée Coulant
Assistant Makeup Artist
Serge Groffe
Makeup Artist
Jacques-Clément Duval
Sound Mixer
Gérard David
Sound Engineer
Norbert Gernolle
Sound
Gérard de Lagarde
Sound
Georg Friedrich Händel
Music
Dominique Duvergé
Dialogue
Alain Dagbert
Still Photographer
Suzanne Ohanessian
Script Supervisor
Théo Michel
Unit Production Manager
Claude Cheutin
Assistant Production Manager
Alain Pottiez
Assistant Unit Manager
Georges Combes
Assistant Unit Manager
Victor Kerdoncuff
Publicist
Alain Poirier
Administration
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