The Most Precious of Cargoes
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Once upon a time, a poor woodcutter and his wife lived in a great forest. Cold, hunger, poverty, and a war raging all around them meant their lives were very hard. One day, the woodcutter's wife rescues a baby. A baby girl thrown from one of the many trains that constantly pass through the forest. This baby, this "most precious of cargoes", will transform the lives of the poor woodcutter's wife and her husband, as well as those whose paths the child will cross—including the man who threw her from the train. And some will try to protect her, whatever the cost. Their story will reveal the worst and the best in the hearts of men.
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Edited by Michel HazanaviciusScored by Alexandre Desplat
Box Office
2024 · Box office
Grossed $4.3M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$4.3M
Also known as
- Das kostbarste aller Güterde
- The Most Precious of Cargoesen
- La carga más preciadaes
- Il dono più preziosoit
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Cast & Crew
18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Dominique Blanc
as Pauvre Bûcheronne
Gregory Gadebois
as Pauvre Bûcheron
Denis Podalydes
as Gueule Cassée
Serge Hazanavicius
as L'homme au chapeau de taupe
Antonin Maurel
as Le père
Oleg Imbert
as Un collègue bûcheron
Adam Carage
as Le soldat Armée Rouge
Matej Hofmann
as L'interprète
Laurent Bateau
as Un collègue bûcheron
Simon Volodine
as Un collègue bûcheron
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4Other crew
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