Maître Zacharius

Master Zacharius, the village watchmaker, dreams of giving a soul to the automatons he manufactures. A mysterious young man bursts in and seems to want to charm the watchmaker's daughter. After his passage, all the clocks go haywire, causing trouble. How far is Zacharius willing to go to get what he wants?

Cast

Pierre Vial

as Maître Zaccharius

Jean-Pierre Sentier

as L'étranger

Madeleine Barbulée

as Scholastique

Jacques Roussillon

as Le bourgmestre

François Tilly

as Aubert

Jany Gastaldi

as Gérande

Angelo Bardi

as L'aubergiste

Murray Gronwall

as L'automate

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