7.2/10
1,204
5 user 3 critic

The Cow and I (1959)

La vache et le prisonnier (original title)
TV-PG | | Comedy | 16 December 1959 (France)
The Cow and I Poster
In 1942, a French prisoner of war in Germany decides to escape to France using a cow held by a lunge as a decoy. He crosses all Germany in this way.

Director:

Henri Verneuil

Writers:

Jacques Antoine (story "Histoire Vraie"), Henri Jeanson (dialogue) | 3 more credits »

Stars:

Fernandel, Pierre-Louis, Ellen Schwiers | See full cast & crew »
Reviews

Photos

Add Image
See all 6 photos »
Learn more

More Like This 













◄ Prev 6 Next 6 ►

Next »
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  

A determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.

Director: Julien Duvivier
Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Vera Talchi
Next »
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.

Director: Julien Duvivier
Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Arturo Bragaglia
Next »
Don Camillo e l'on. Peppone (1955)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.

Director: Carmine Gallone
Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Claude Sylvain
Next »
Don Camillo monsignore... ma non troppo (1961)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

Don Camillo (now bishop) and Peppone (now senator) return to the town of Brescello and rekindle their friendly rivalry.

Director: Carmine Gallone
Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Leda Gloria
Next »
Greed in the Sun (1964)
Action | Adventure | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

A rough trucker assigns his new truck and its mysterious cargo to his newest employee, only to see it hijacked by one of his experienced drivers. Now, his friends are after him to retrieve the goods. Are 100,000 dollars worth dying for?

Director: Henri Verneuil
Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Reginald Kernan
Next »
The Red Inn (1951)
Comedy | Crime
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving a soporific soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Autant-Lara
Stars: Fernandel, Françoise Rosay, Marie-Claire Olivia
Next »
The Night Caller (1975)
Action | Thriller | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

Commissaire Letellier and Inspector Moissac are tracking Minos, a serial killer whose victims are women.

Director: Henri Verneuil
Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Denner, Adalberto Maria Merli
Next »
Don Camillo in Moscow (1965)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

Priest Don Camillo blackmails his friendly rival Peppone into letting him join a Communist delegation visiting the Soviet Union.

Director: Luigi Comencini
Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Leda Gloria
Next »
The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

A small town seeking publicity tries to bring together the quintuplet grandsons of the town's oldest inhabitant. The old man and all five grandsons are played by the great Fernandel.

Director: Henri Verneuil
Stars: Fernandel, Françoise Arnoul, Andrex
Next »
Four Bags Full (1956)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

Two men, a painter and a poor guy, have to cross over Paris by night during World War II and to deliver black market meat. As they walk along dark Parisian streets, they encounter various ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Autant-Lara
Stars: Jean Gabin, Bourvil, Louis de Funès
Next »
Mille milliards de dollars (1982)
Drama | Crime | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

A young journalist stumbles across something much more sinister than a simple suicide in the death of a politician - the death seems to be an assassination contrived by an American ... See full summary »

Director: Henri Verneuil
Stars: Patrick Dewaere, Mel Ferrer, Michel Auclair
Next »
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Crime | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

Charles (Jean Gabin), a sixtyish career criminal fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cellmate, Francis (Alain Delon)... See full summary »

Director: Henri Verneuil
Stars: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Claude Cerval
Edit

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Fernandel ... Charles Bailly - prisonnier de guerre
Pierre-Louis Pierre-Louis ... Hauptmann Müller - évadé déguisé en SS (as Pierre Louis)
Ellen Schwiers ... Josepha alias 'Marlène' - la fermière
Ingeborg Schöner ... Helga
Heinrich Gretler Heinrich Gretler ... Bockmann
Richard Winckler Richard Winckler ... Hauptmann Rupp - évadé déguisé en SS
Bernard Musson Bernard Musson ... Pommier - prisonnier de guerre
Maurice Nasil Maurice Nasil ... Bertoux - prisonnier de guerre
René Havard René Havard ... Vicomte Bussière - prisonnier de guerre
Albert Rémy ... Colinet - prisonnier de guerre dans la scierie
Franziska Kinz Franziska Kinz ... La Mere d'Helga
Benno Hoffmann Benno Hoffmann ... Un Garde
Franz Muxeneder Franz Muxeneder ... (scenes deleted)
Marcel Rouzé Marcel Rouzé
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marguerite Marguerite ... a Star
See full cast »
Edit

Storyline

In 1942, a French prisoner of war in Germany decides to escape to France using a cow held by a lunge as a decoy. He crosses all Germany in this way. Written by Jean-Marie Berthiaume <jiembe@videotron.ca>

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

germany | escape | cow | human animal relationship | long walk | See All (39) »

Taglines:

FERNANDEL MEETS MARGUERITE...And only the broadminded French could tell the whole story of their very unusual and hilarious romance!

Genres:

Comedy

Certificate:

TV-PG | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

Add content advisory for parents »
Edit

Details

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | German

Release Date:

16 December 1959 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

The Cow and I See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Da.Ma. Cinematografica, Les Films du Cyclope See more »
Show more on IMDbPro »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
See full technical specs »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

The biggest grossing movie of its year in France. See more »

Connections

Featured in One Man and His Cow (2016) See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

I hoped for a human story
17 January 2015 | by ersbel – See all my reviews

I hoped for a human story. I did not get it.

It is about the war. It is not about being heroic in the war. And that is where the script ends. During a long and boring film you get certain flashes: the German girl is treating the French well. The French have bad French gestapovists. The story starts out of nothing. And ends with a promise to have a better second movie. Meaning it ends where it started: nowhere.

Dull. Quite obvious. The war is glossed over. More like a silly video game where the hero has to get out of a maze. The war is the excuse to have the hero turn round the maze. The rest is glossed over going to the point of ridicule where the Russians (sounds more like Polish) are unguarded, but the Frenchmen are.

This movie is one in a long tradition of French movies with no cultural value. The team can only hope the story gets old enough in order to get some historic value, in the sense "your grandma was your age when this movie was in theaters". At least La Grade vadrouille can be funny.

Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch
1 of 17 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you? | Report this
Review this title | See all 5 user reviews »
Getting Started | Contributor Zone »

Contribute to This Page

Stream Popular Action and Adventure Titles With Prime Video

Explore popular action and adventure titles available to stream with Prime Video.

Start your free trial


Clear your history

Recently Viewed