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Released
1965 · FILM

Ubu roi

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Runtime
95 min
Language
FR
ComedyTV Movie

Synopsis

Based on Alfred Jarry's 1896 play about a greedy, overweight, selfish man named Père Ubu, the story follows Ubu on his journey to overthrow the current ruler and become King of Poland. Along the way, he betrays many of his followers, taxes the civilians to an unreasonable degree, and eventually slaughters everyone. By his side is the equally crude but somehow more likable Mère Ubu, who is like a foul-mouthed Lady Macbeth.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 16

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Marc PavauxShot by Lucien BillardScored by Jean Claude Pelletier

Also known as

  • König Ubude

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