Movie: Children of the Stork

Top 7 Billed Cast

Romain Duris
Romain Duris

Otto

Rona Hartner
Rona Hartner

Louna

Ouassini Embarek
Ouassini Embarek

Ali

Noël Simsolo
Noël Simsolo

Le narrateur

Suzanne Flon
Suzanne Flon

La voisine

Christine Pignet
Christine Pignet

La mère d'Otto

Daniel Laloux
Daniel Laloux

L'huissier

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    Three French pals take to the road in a stolen car and discover a talking, wounded stork — who claims to have deserted the Algerian army — and help it to escape to the home of a relative in Germany.

  • Release Date

    1999-11-24

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    6.625

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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    Français
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