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-Henri-Georges Clouzot originally planned on shooting the film in Spain, but Yves Montand refused to work in Spain as long as fascist dictator Francisco Franco was in power. Filming took place instead in the south of France, near Saint-Gilles, in the Camargue. The village seen in the film was built from scratch.
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-This was the first film to win both the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.
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-Accusations of anti-Americanism led to the US censor cutting several key scenes from the film.
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-Yves Montand and Charles Vanel both contracted conjunctivitis after filming in a pool of crude oil and being exposed to gas fumes.
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-Filming began on 27 August 1951 and was scheduled to run for nine weeks. Numerous problems plagued the production, however. The south of France had an unusually rainy season that year, causing vehicles to bog down, cranes to fall over and sets to be ruined. Director Henri-Georges Clouzot broke his ankle. Véra Clouzot fell ill. The production was 50 million francs over budget. By the end of November, only half the film was completed. With the days growing short from winter, production shut down for six months. The second half of the film was finally completed in the summer of 1952.
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-Yves Montand's first dramatic role.(Inexact)
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This was the film debut of Vera Clouzot. She was the wife of director Henri-Georges Clouzot. She acted in only three films, all for her husband.
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-This film was spoofed by Spike Milligan in a Goon Show episode entitled "Fear Of Wages".
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-Jean Gabin refused the role that eventually went to Charles Vanel because he didn't think his fans would pay to see him play a "coward".
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-Final film of William Tubbs.
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-Body count: 5 on screen, plus 13 on the oil well disaster (as explained by one of the characters).

Récompenses et distinctions

Ours d'or au Festival de Berlin en 1953
Prix d'interprétation masculine à Cannes pour Charles Vanel
Palme d'or lors du Festival de Cannes 1953
Prix Méliès en 1953
BAFTA du meilleur film en 1955
 

Catherine Frot : Hortense Laborie  
Jean d'Ormesson : le président de la République
Hippolyte Girardot : David Azoulay, le conseiller
Arthur Dupont : Nicolas Bauvois, le jeune assistant pâtissier
Jean-Marc Roulot : Jean-Marc Luchet, le maître d'hôtel au service du président
Brice Fournier : Pascal Le Piq, le chef de la cuisine centrale
Arly Jover : Mary, la réalisatrice australienne
Joe Sheridan : John, le caméraman de Mary
Philippe Uchan : Coche-Dury, l'intendant
Hugo Malpeyre : le chef de rang de l'Élysée
Nathalie Vignes : la fleuriste du palais
Fabrice Colson : un invité du cocktail
Nicolas Beaucaire : le docteur Kramer