---
title: 'Salad by the Roots (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Georges Lautner'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 77
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/salad-by-the-roots-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057414/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Salad by the Roots (1964)

1964 · 77 min · Comedy · France, Italy

Original title: Des pissenlits par la racine

## Synopsis

Salad by the Roots is a Franco-Italian comedy directed by Georges Lautner and released in 1964, a year after his success with Les Tontons flingueurs, which was also set in the Parisian underworld. It benefits from music by Georges Delerue and dialogue by Michel Audiard, among whose legendary lines is Plus t'as de pognon, moins t'as de principes. L'oseille c'est la gangrène de l'âme..

## Credits

- **Director:** [Georges Lautner](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-lautner)
- **Screenplay:** [Georges Lautner](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-lautner), [Michel Audiard](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-audiard)
- **Producer:** [Georges Lautner](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-lautner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Delerue](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-delerue)
- **Director of Photography:** [Maurice Fellous](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-fellous)

## Cast

- [Anne-Marie Blot](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-marie-blot)
- [Gianni Musy](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianni-musy)
- [Guy Grosso](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-grosso)
- [Raymond Meunier](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-meunier)
- [Michel Dacquin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-dacquin)
- [Raymone Duchâteau](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymone-duchateau)
- [Francis Blanche](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-blanche)
- [Bice Valori](https://cinepixo.com/people/bice-valori)
- [Charles Bouillaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bouillaud)
- [Michel Serrault](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-serrault)
- [Simone Landry](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-landry)
- [Marcel Bernier](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-bernier)
- [Émile Riandreys](https://cinepixo.com/people/emile-riandreys)
- [Philippe Castelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-castelli)
- [Barbara Brand](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-brand)

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