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The Fat and the Lean

The Fat and the Lean

1961•15m•6.1/10
Comedy

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6.1/10(39)

A small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion. The slave jumps and leaps like a madman, wipes his master's brow, feeds him, washes his feet, shades him from the sun with an umbrella and holds a urinal for him.

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Production

A.P.E.C.

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

André Katelbach

the fat

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

the lean

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