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War of the Buttons

German title: Krieg der Knöpfe
Francaise title: La guerre des boutons, ça recommence
Spain title: La guerra de los botones
Greek title: Ο πόλεμος των κουμπιών
Russian title: Война пуговиц
Original title: War of the Buttons

Alternative titles:
The War of the Buttons | Der Krieg der Knöpfe | Ο πολεμος των κουμπιων | O polemos ton koumpion

Youth movie – United Kingdom, France
Production year: 1994
Movie length: 91 minutes

Director: John Roberts
Writer: Louis Pergaud, Colin Welland
Cinematograph: Bruno de Keyzer
Music: Rachel Portman

Movie description:

The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles where they cut of the buttons, shoe-laces and underwear of their captured opponents. This is to get the boys in trouble with their parents. They go to battle in mass groups of dozens, throwing stones and cutting off their opponents buttons etc. And sometimes they go to battle completely naked and exposed. In one such scene about 30 boys return from a battle to celebrate victory at a barn-house only to find some girls waiting for them and they get very embarrassed at losing their privacy.

Boy Actors