---
title: 'Zazie in the Metro (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Louis Malle'
released: '1960-10-28'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/zazie-in-the-metro-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054494/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Zazie in the Metro (1960)

1960 · 82 min · Comedy · France

Original title: Zazie dans le métro

## Synopsis

Zazie dans le Métro is a 1960 French surrealist slapstick comedy film directed by Louis Malle, based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Raymond Queneau. Frequently surreal, and full of visual and verbal jokes, the plot follows a group of protean characters around a crowded Paris during a Métro strike.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Louis Malle](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-malle)
- **Screenplay:** [Louis Malle](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-malle), [Jean-Paul Rappeneau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-rappeneau)
- **Producer:** [Louis Malle](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-malle), [Jean-François Mallet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-francois-mallet)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Fiorenzo Carpi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fiorenzo-carpi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Charvein](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-charvein)
- **Editor:** [Kenout Peltier](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenout-peltier)

## Cast

- [Sacha Distel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sacha-distel)
- [Philippe Noiret](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-noiret) as Gabriel
- [Arlette Balkis](https://cinepixo.com/people/arlette-balkis) as une permanente
- [Nicolas Bataille](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-bataille) as Fédor Balanovitch
- [Vittorio Caprioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-caprioli) as Pedro Surplus
- [Antoine Roblot](https://cinepixo.com/people/antoine-roblot)
- [Claude Berri](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-berri)
- [Yvonne Clech](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-clech) as la veuve Mouaque
- [Hubert Deschamps](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-deschamps) as Turandot
- [Annie Fratellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-fratellini) as Mado petits pieds
- [Pâquerette](https://cinepixo.com/people/paquerette) as La vieille dame
- [Claude Confortès](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-confortes) as un permanent
- [Carla Marlier](https://cinepixo.com/people/carla-marlier) as Albertine
- [Évelyne Istria](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelyne-istria)
- [Odette Piquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/odette-piquet) as Jeanne Lalochère

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Official site: https://www.zaziefilms.com/zazie/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/zazie-in-the-metro-1960
Film facts: Wikidata (Q167905); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.