A trivial incident involving a poisoned dog some generations ago was
the cause of a ruthless rivalry that has endured between two Corsican
families, the Fabianis and the less wealthy Colonnas. For every
person who is killed in one family, another is murdered in the other,
and the vendetta shows no sign of ending soon. At a
funeral, the two families once again declare war against the
other. Horace, the second Fabiani son, is more inclined to bring
an end to hostilities now that his sister Camille has married Noel, the
eldest of the Colonnas. However, to bring a decisive end to the
feud, the Parisian Corsicans decide that the three sons from both clans
should fight it out one last time, under the cover of darkness near the
Champs-Elysées...
Script: René Fallet, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, André Versini
Cinematographer: Marcel Grignon
Music: Paul Mauriat
Cast:Charles Aznavour (Horace Fabiani),
Raymond Pellegrin (Noël),
Giovanna Ralli (Camille),
Jean-Louis Trintignant (Joseph Fabiani),
Etienne Bierry (Antoine),
Danielle Godet (Monique),
Nerio Bernardi (Napoléon),
François Darbon (Le commissaire),
Kempetian (Toto),
Louis Lalanne (Victor),
Philippe March (Toussaint),
Paolo Stoppa (Graziani)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 90 min; B&W
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