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The Sheep Has Five Legs

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The Five-Legged Sheep
Le Mouton à cinq pattes
Directed byHenri Verneuil
Written byJean Marsan
Jacques Perret
Raoul Ploquin
Henri Troyat
Henri Verneuil
Produced byRaoul Ploquin
StarringFernandel
Françoise Arnoul
Andrex
CinematographyArmand Thirard
Edited byChristian Gaudin
Music byGeorges Van Parys
Distributed byCocinor
Release date
  • 24 September 1954 (1954-09-24) (France)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryFrance / USA[1]
LanguagesFrench, Occitan

The Five-Legged Sheep (French: Le Mouton à cinq pattes) is a 1954 French comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil. It won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival[2] and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story.

Plot

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An old farmer who has hated his five quintuplets for over twenty years is visited by villagers who believe they should be reunited, and a search for them begins.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Le Mouton à Cinq Pattes". Allmovie. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  2. ^ "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno. Archived from the original on July 19, 2009. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
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