On August 24, 1944, the day Paris was liberated, Maurice saw his cell door open. Although he had spent the whole war "in the shadows", it was not for acts of resistance, but for stealing a bicycle. His contact with the free world was quite brutal. The queues he observed at the butcher's gave him an idea. With the help of his childhood friend Roland, who has lost everything gambling-wise, he steals "Berlingot", the horse from a delivery car, and offers it for sale on the black market. But the "nag" is not of the same opinion.
as Maurice
as Roland
as Le voisin au chien de Roland
as La concierge de Roland
as Jean-Pierre, le boucher efféminé
as Le cheval
as La crémière
as L'agent qui arrête le voleur de valises
as Un employé de l'abattoir
as L'agent de police Léon
as Un garçon boucher
as La mère de Maurice
as Le concierge de Roland
as L'autre agent qui arrête le voleur de valises
as L'agent de police Marcel
as Le gendarme qui tombe sur les boulets de charbon (uncredited)