They Were Five

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  • Genre(s):Drama
  • Release year: 1936
  • Running time: 101 min
Five unemployed penniless workers pool their money to buy a national lottery ticket. When they win instead of splitting the the 100,000 Franc jackpot, they collectively buy a run-down inn and remodel it into an open-air cafe. But difficulties begin to...read more

Five unemployed penniless workers pool their money to buy a national lottery ticket. When they win instead of splitting the the 100,000 Franc jackpot, they collectively buy a run-down inn and remodel it into an open-air cafe. But difficulties begin to split the friends apart: a former wife, the police tracking one of them (Spanish republican refugee), and jealousy...

Original Release

09/01/1936

US Release

05/31/1938

Cast

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Directors

Julien Duvivier

Writers

Julien Duvivier, Charles Spaak

Cast

Producers

Editors

Marthe Poncin

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