A Bag of Marbles (French: Un sac de billes) is a 1975 French film based on the 1973 autobiographical novel Un sac de billes by Joseph Joffo.^[1] Doillon made use of mainly non-professional actors, as also in his next film with children, La Drôlesse (1979).

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A Bag of Marbles
Film poster
French	Un sac de billes
Directed by	Jacques Doillon
Written by	Jacques Doillon, Denis Ferraris, after the novel
Cinematography	Yves Lafaye
Edited by	Noëlle Boisson
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Production companies	AMLF, Les Films Christian Fechner, Renn Productions
Release date	10 December 1975 (1975-12-10)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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Among the non-professional actors, the father - who is captured and sent to Auschwitz - is played by Jo Goldenberg, owner of the famous deli at 7, Rue des Rosiers in Paris's Jewish district, which 7 years after the film was the site of the Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant attack.

• Richard Constantini : young Joseph
• Paul-Eric Shulmann : young Maurice
• Joseph Goldenberg : their father
• Reine Bartève : their mother
• Hubert Drac : Henri
• Gilles Laurent : Albert
• Michel Robin : Mancelier
• Dominique Ducros : Françoise
• Stephan Meldegg : sous-officier salon de coiffure
• Axel Ganz : officier salon de coiffure
• Pierre Forget : the teacher
• Marc Eyraud : priest on train
• Hélène Calzarelli : young girl on train
• Yves Wecker : Raymond, le passeur
• Bernadette Le Saché : la réfugiée
• Antonino Faa Di Bruno : le vieux beau
• Antoine Neri : l'Italien de la bargue
• Max Vialle : le concierge
• Dominique Besnehard : le moniteur
• Alain Peysson : Ferdinand
• Hans Verner : l'officier allemand
• Dieter Schidor