God's Thunder
1965 film by Denys de La Patellière
- 8 September 1965 (1965-09-08)
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Italy
West Germany
God's Thunder or Le Tonnerre de Dieu is a 1965 French-Italian-West German comedy-drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière and starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Mercier.
Plot
Upset by his wife's inability to bear him a child, Brassac picks up a prostitute, Simone, in Nantes, the local town, and takes her back home. Although disgusted with Brassac's behaviour, Simone enjoys life on his farm and contrives to heal the rift between Brassac and his wife.
Cast
- Jean Gabin as Léandre Brassac
- Michèle Mercier as Simone Leboucher
- Robert Hossein as Marcel
- Georges Géret as Roger (as Georges Geret)
- Emma Danieli as La dame au teckel (as Emma Danielli)
- Ellen Schwiers as Françoise
- Nino Vingelli as Le patron du café
- Daniel Ceccaldi as Le prêtre
- Louis Arbessier as Bricard, le ministre
- Léa Gray as La taulière
- Danielle Durou as Une fille
- Lydie Balmer as Une fille
- Nicole Beurggrave as Une fille
- Mireille Galot as Une fille
- Paul Pavel as L'ami de Marcel
- Hélène Tossy as La patronne du bistrot
- Lili Palmer as Marie Brassac
Reception
It was the seventh most popular film of 1965 in France, after The Sucker, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Gendarme in New York, Mary Poppins and Fantomas Unleashed. [1]
See also
References
- ^ "1965 Box Office". Box Office Story.
External links
- Le Tonnerre de Dieu at IMDb
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Films directed by Denys de La Patellière
- The Aristocrats (1955)
- The Wages of Sin (1956)
- The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957)
- Retour de manivelle (1957)
- The Possessors (1958)
- Rue des prairies (1959)
- Eyes of Love (1959)
- Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
- Emile's Boat (1962)
- Destination Rome (1963)
- Why Paris? (1964)
- Marco the Magnificent (1964)
- God's Thunder (1965)
- The Upper Hand (1966)
- Father's Trip (1966)
- Black Sun (1966)
- Darling Caroline (1968)
- Le tatoué (1968)
- Death of a Jew (1969)
- Killer (1972)
- Forbidden Priests (1973)
- Histoires de voyous: Le casse des rois mages (1978)
- Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1979)
- Le paria (1985)
- Bonjour maître (1987)
- Paparoff se dédouble (1990)
- L'affaire Salengro (1992)
- Diamond Swords (1992)
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