The Five-Legged Sheep Le Mouton à cinq pattes | |
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Directed by | Henri Verneuil |
Written by | Jean Marsan Jacques Perret Raoul Ploquin Henri Troyat Henri Verneuil |
Produced by | Raoul Ploquin |
Starring | Fernandel Françoise Arnoul Andrex |
Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
Edited by | Christian Gaudin |
Music by | Georges Van Parys |
Distributed by | Cocinor |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | France / USA[1] |
Language | French |
The Five-Legged Sheep (French: Le Mouton à cinq pattes) is a 1954 French comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil. It won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival[2] and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story.
An old farmer who has hated his five quintuplets for over twenty years is visited by villagers who believe they should be reunited, and a search for them begins.