Movie: The Ostrich Has Two Eggs

Top 10 Billed Cast

Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay

Hippolyte Barjus

Simone Renant
Simone Renant

Thérèse Barjus

Georges Poujouly
Georges Poujouly

Roger Barjus

Mady Berry
Mady Berry

Leonie

Hubert Buthion
Hubert Buthion

Gérard Dorsen
Gérard Dorsen

Paul Mercey
Paul Mercey

The talkative bartender

Pénélope Portrait
Pénélope Portrait

Yoko Tani
Yoko Tani

Yoko

Guy Bertil
Guy Bertil

The journalist

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    A father discovers one day that one of his sons is a homosexual and the other, is the "gigolo" of a Japanese countess. He is first horrified, but finally accepts the situation because it brings him economical advantages.

  • Release Date

    1957-08-29

  • Average

    5.8

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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    Français
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