In this sketch comedy compared to the American film Hellzapoppin, a spectacle is put on to celebrate the wedding of a nobleman, but the results are disastrous.
Direction
Dhéry channels Hellzapoppin with French theatrical flair.
Acting
Capucine's early uncredited cameo as a cowgirl — yes, really.
Director
Robert Dhéry
Colette Brosset
Caroline
Julien Carette
Lui-même en majordome - puis en machiniste de théâtre minable
Annette Poivre
La spectatrice aux pommes de terre
Raymond Bussières
Le plombier
Capucine
Une cow-girl (uncredited)
Raymond Souplex
Le convive de sang-froid
Mathilde Casadesus
Suzanne
Pierre Destailles
Pierrot
Albert Duvaleix
Le scrogneugneu
Pierrette Rossi
Pierrette
Robert Rocca
Le protestataire
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Branquignol was France's answer to Hellzapoppin, adapting the anarchic American sketch format for post-war European audiences craving escapist chaos.
This marked one of Capucine's first screen appearances before she became an international star in Hollywood epics.
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