Movie: Pif, Behind the gimmicks

Top 10 Billed Cast

Antoine Silvestri
Antoine Silvestri

Le colonel

Estelle Simon
Estelle Simon

La vétérinaire

Guillaume Podrovnik
Guillaume Podrovnik

Le général

Emmanuel Curtil
Emmanuel Curtil

Narrator

Joris Clerté
Joris Clerté

Himself

Hervé Di Rosa
Hervé Di Rosa

Himself

Michel Gondry
Michel Gondry

Himself

Serge Rosenzweig
Serge Rosenzweig

Himself

Patrick Apel-Muller
Patrick Apel-Muller

Himself

Guy Konopnicki
Guy Konopnicki

Himself

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    Taking stock of the extraordinary adventure of "Pif Gadget", a French publishing phenomenon of the 1970s-80s and even of the whole history of children's press. For the comic-strip magazine with the iconic dog, created in 1969 by the French Communist Party, often reached a million copies. With editions available for all of Europe (including Germany, under the title Yps), and on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

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    2015-01-31

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    5.7

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