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The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957)

Original title: les oeufs de l'autruche
Production: France, USA|82 min| black and white
Comedy
Poster of movie The Ostrich Has Two Eggs
a father discovers one day that one of his sons is a homosexual and the other, is the "gigolo" of a japanese countess. he is first horrified, but finally accepts the situation because it brings him economical advantages.

Origin of the subject

dall'opera teatrale: Les oeufs de l'autruche (1948, André Roussin)

Direction

Denys De La PatellièreDenys De La Patellière: regista

Production and Screenplay

André RoussinAndré Roussin: sceneggiatore
André RoussinAndré Roussin: dialoghi
Frederic Grendel: sceneggiatore
Denys De La PatellièreDenys De La Patellière: sceneggiatore
Shervan Sidery: sceneggiatore
Maurice Teyssier: produttore

Characters and Interpreters

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Pierre FresnayPierre Fresnay(età:60)
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Mady Berry(età:70)
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Simone RenantSimone Renant(età:46)
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Georges PoujoulyGeorges Poujouly(età:17)
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Paul MerceyPaul Mercey(età:34)
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Marguerite Pierry(età:70)
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André RoussinAndré Roussin(età:46)
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Francois ChaumetteFrancois Chaumette(età:34)
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Jacqueline Doyen(età:27)
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Yoko TaniYoko Tani(età:29)
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Guy Bertil(età:23)

Technical staff

Monique Isnardon: montatore
Robert Isnardon: montatore
Pierre Petit: direttore della fotografia
Paul-louis Boutié: scenografo
Marcel Bordenave: truccatore
Henri Sauguet: musiche
Raymond Gauguier: tecnico del suono