Work and Freedom
1959, French. Directed by Louis Grospierre.
Due to a garbage strike, inmates are called in to take care of the garbage collection. Taking advantage of this unexpected situation, three of them manage to elude their guards.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Louis GrospierreDirector
- Raymond DevosÉmile Dumoulin
- Gérard SétyEugène Boullu
- Sami FreyLuigi Torgiani
- Jacqueline CarrelCast
- Marguerite CassanJeanne
- Jany ClairIce cream seller
- Françoise DanellCast
- Hubert DeschampsBrigadier
- Hélène DieudonnéCast
- Jacques DufilhoAgent Grosjean
- Nane GermonOdette's mother
- Gisèle GrimmCast
Details
- Released
- 23 December 1959
- Original title
- Le travail, c'est la liberté
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Louis Grospierre, Jacques Lanzmann, Françoise Mallet-Joris
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Work and Freedom runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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Work and Freedom isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 December 1959. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Work and Freedom?
Work and Freedom (1959) was directed by Louis Grospierre and stars Raymond Devos, Gérard Séty, Sami Frey.