---
title: 'La Vache et le Prisonnier (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Henri Verneuil'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-vache-et-le-prisonnier-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053403/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# La Vache et le Prisonnier (1959)

1959 · 118 min · Comedy · France, Italy


## Synopsis

La Vache et le Prisonnier is a French-Italian tragicomedy film from 1959, starring Fernandel and directed by Henri Verneuil, that is based on Jacques Antoine's 1945 novel, Une histoire vraie. It tells the story of a French prisoner of war in World War II forced to work on a farm in Germany who decides to escape by walking away with a cow he calls Marguerite.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Henri Verneuil](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-verneuil)
- **Screenplay:** [Henri Jeanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-jeanson), [Jacques Antoine](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-antoine), [Jean Manse](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-manse)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Durand](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-durand)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roger Hubert](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-hubert)

## Cast

- [Marcel Rouzé](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-rouze)
- [Maurice Nasil](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-nasil)
- [Ingeborg Schöner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingeborg-schoner)
- [Benno Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/benno-hoffmann)
- [Til Kiwe](https://cinepixo.com/people/til-kiwe)
- [Hugo Lindinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-lindinger)
- [Willy Schultes](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-schultes)
- [Gustl Gstettenbaur](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustl-gstettenbaur)
- [Ludwig Schmid-Wildy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludwig-schmid-wildy)
- [Heinrich Gretler](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-gretler)
- [Pierre-Louis](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-louis)
- [Bernard Musson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-musson)
- [Franziska Kinz](https://cinepixo.com/people/franziska-kinz)
- [Rolf von Nauckhoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-von-nauckhoff)
- [Emmerich Schrenk](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmerich-schrenk)

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