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Au hasard Balthazar (Original title)Min vän Balthazar (Alternative title)Balthazar (Alternative title)
Date: 1966 (Release)

Countries: France, Sweden

Director: Robert Bresson

Synopsis: A donkey, symbol of purity and sweetness, goes from bad masters to worse during the course of his life, as he encounters the sins of the world.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Donkeys, Cruelty
Releases
Date: 1966not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8602 FeetLanguage: French
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 95 mins 16 secs - Dialogue (original): FrenchDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (27)
Production Company: Parc Film, Production Company: Argos-Films, Production Company: Athos-Films, Production Company: Svensk Filmindustri, Production Company: Svenska Filminstitutet, Associate Producer: Mag Bodard, Production Manager: Philippe Dussart, Assistant Production Manager: Michel Choquet, René Pascal, Location Manager: Maurice Jumeau, Assistant Director: Jacques Kebadian, Assistant Director: Sven Frostenson, Assistant Director: Claude Miller, Script Supervisor: Geneviève Cortier, Screenplay: Robert Bresson, Director of Photography: Ghislain Cloquet, Camera Operator: Jean Chiabaut, Assistant Operator: Emmanuel Machuel, Supervising Editor: Raymond Lamy, Editor: Geneviève Billo, Art Director: Pierre Charbonnier, Set Decorator: Dominique Ribeyrolles, Props: Jean Catala, Dresser: Guy Renault, Sound Engineer: Antoine Archimbaud, Jacques Carrère
Cast (27)
Anne Wiazemsky (Marie), Walter Green (Jacques), François Lafarge (Gérard), Jean-Claude Guilbert (Arnold), Philippe Asselin (schoolteacher), Pierre Klossowsky (the miser), Nathalie Joyaut (Marie's mother), Marie-Claire Frémont (the baker's wife), Jean-Joël Barbier (le doyen), Guy Renault (.), Jean Rémignard (the notary), Guy Bréjac (the vet), Mylène Weyergans (the nurse), Jacques Sorbets (police captain), François Sullerot (the baker), Henri Fraisse, Gilles Sandier, Dominique Moune (.), Tord Paag (Louis), René Bazart, Pascale Savornin, Isabelle Petit (.), Roger Fjellstrom (Gérard's friend), Isabelle de Winter (.), Sven Frostenson (Gérard's friend), José Ruiz Pernias (.), Rémy Brozeck ([Marcel])