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A documentary on the collaboration of filmmaker Sacha Guitry and actor Michel Simon focusing on the film "La Poison" (1951).
Top billed cast
Jean BeckerSelf - Interviewee
Alain DecauxSelf - Interviewee- Claude GauteurSelf - Interviewee
- Henry GidelSelf - Interviewee
Raoul SanglaSelf - Interviewee- Quentin BeckerSelf - Interviewee
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