Krapatchouk

91 minutes

4/7/1993

Overview

Two young men have left their obscure Balkan country to earn some money as "guest workers" in western Europe. On their way back home, they attempt to change trains in Paris but encounter surprising difficulties from the ticket authorities there. It seems that political changes have rendered their homeland nonexistent, and their passports are no good. Before long, they are stranded in Paris without passports, without a country, and soon even their luggage is stolen. Their fumbling efforts to straighten out the mess result in the French press getting into the act, labeling them as Russian spies. The Parisian expatriate community takes them into its bosom, and romance blooms between one of the lads and a Spanish hatmaker, before they finally achieve a (highly improbable) solution for their difficulties.

Cast List

Guy Pion
as Polsi
Pyotr Zaychenko
as Tchelorek
Ángela Molina
as Lisa
Didier Flamand
as Lagachis
Jean-Pierre Sentier
as Marceau
Óscar Ladoire
as Arthur
Hadi El Gammal
as Ahmed
Serge-Henri Valcke
as Fuselier
Mary Santpere
as Cornélia
Serge Marquand
as Philemon
Jean-Christophe Bouvet
as Ministre
Catherine Vichniakoff
as Femme Projévitsa
Raymond Avenière
as Patron entrepôt
Raúl Fraire
as Alvarez
Dieudonné Kabongo
as Mahmoud
Jacques Herlin
as Travailleur immigré
Jaoued Deggouj
as Travailleur arabe
Alexandre Cambas
as Travailleur grec
Nicole Duret
as Secrétaire patron
Michel Israël
as Pampaloni
Muriel Lejeune
as Présentatrice TV
Catherine Claeys
as Préposée SNCF
Hélène Gailly
as Josiane
Jean-François Politzer
as Inspecteur SNCF
Jean-Paul Humpers
as Chef de service
José María Sagone
as Orateur conférence
Yelena Samarina
as Militaire soviétique
Oscar F. Kolombatovich
as Militaire américain
Aïda Trujillo
as Cartomancienne
Bruno Georis
as Lecteur train
Elisabeth Rodriguez
as Femme pressée
Estelle Marion
as Mathilde
André Schonfeld
as Ambassadeur URSS
Romy Patton
as Chouchou
Felicitas Munin
as Interprète conférence
Anne Boutemy
as Fille poursuite
Fabrice Tebeka
as Garçon poursuite
Romy Abradelo