La Poupée (1962)
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Synopsis of La Poupée
While there is an element of science fiction to this political satire about Latin American dictatorships, that element is primarily used to promote the storyline and the message, and not as a value in itself. In a make-believe Spanish-speaking country of the Americas, a dictator (Zbigniew Cybulski) rules with the usual degree of corruption but as it turns out, his wife is the one who gives most of the orders. Two story strands are then woven together: a scientist has invented a way to replicate objects and, lo and behold, he discovers he can make a robotic duplicate of the dictator's wife. Meanwhile, an ardent, left-leaning revolutionary who happens to be a dead ringer for the dictator ends up taking over the tyrant's role when he is assassinated. So one has a robotic wife and a fake dictator now running a country which is none the wiser. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of La Poupée
- Zbigniew Cybulski - Col. Prado Roth
- Sonne Teal - Marion/La Poupee
- Laszlo Szabo - Pascuel
- Max Montavon - Scientist
- Jean Galland - Gonziano
- Gabriel Jabbour - Joachim
- Sacha Pitoeff - Sayas
- Zbigniew Cybulski - the Rebel
- Daniel Emilfork - Gant de Crin
- Jacques Dufilho - the Indian
- Michel de Re - Gervasio
- Claudio Gora - Moren, the Banker
- Roger Karl - Terremoche
- Director(s):
- Jacques Baratier
- Writer(s):
- Jacques Audiberti
- Producer(s):
- Jacques Baratier
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