
La Carcasse, an obtuse peasant, lives with his wife Lucie and his father-in-law Tord-cou. At odds with his son-in-law, the Tord-cou takes it into his head to marry Thérésa, the daughter of their neighbor Casimir. But the Carcass, too, feels attracted to the young woman...
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Cast

Michel Simon
Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'

Michèle Martin
Thérésa

Lucien Coëdel
Louis, aka 'La Carcasse'

Madeleine Suffel
Lucie
Georges Baconnet
Villager

Jean Brochard
Me Souquet

Lolita De Silva
Farm girl
Emile Chopitel
Mayor of the village
Charlotte Ecard
Gossip

Maurice Marceau
Peasant

Léon Larive
Commander Ludovic Midol
Ellen Briand
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