Potatoes

Where to watch Potatoes in France

Potatoes is available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store, Canal VOD, Orange VOD, Sooner and Amazon Video in France. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 5 June 2026.

About Potatoes

Potatoes is a 1969 movie in the Comedy and Drama genres, directed by Claude Autant-Lara, starring Pierre Perret, Henri Virlogeux and Bérengère Dautun. It has a runtime of 1 hour 35 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.3/10 from 10 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Potatoes in France — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Overview

In a village in the Ardennes, during the German occupation, finding rations is becoming almost impossible. Clovis, an ordinary labourer, decides to cross the occupied zone to bring back enough potatoes to feed his family. His plan is a success but Clovis rapidly becomes obsessed with storing the precious tubers.

Top cast

Pierre Perret

Clovis Parizel

Henri Virlogeux

Parizel senior

Bérengère Dautun

Mathilde

Christine Aurel

Traveler

Pascale Roberts

Fifine

Jacques Balutin

'P'tit Louis'

Gérard Buhr

Serge

Marc Eyraud

Maurice

René Havard

Lulu

Lucien Hubert

Guignard

Bernard Lajarrige

Bourg-Fidèle Mayor

Hubert de Lapparent

Bayochet

Jeanne Allard

Paulette

Rufus

Larobesse

A

Aline Blome

Pensioner's wife

Robert Blome

Pensioner

J

Jerry Brouer

Feld-gendarme

J

Jocelyn Canoen

The lousy one

Pierre Collet

Peasant with the cart

Claude Confortès

Gendarme

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