Comedy. A father whose looking for a suitable candidate for his daughter ends up having a mistress and tigers prowling all around him.
Social & External
The people behind it
Raoul Villot
Fernand Rivers
Barsac
Dorléac
Pierre Etchepare
Jane Faber
Guercy
Jaeger
Léon Lorin
Charles Reschal
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