TMDb Rating
6.1/10
39 verified votes
The Fat and the Lean (1961)
Comedy
15 min
Plot Summary
A small and thin barefoot slave (played by Polanski) plays a flute and beats a drum to entertain his large master who rocks in a rocking chair in front of his mansion. The slave jumps and leaps like a madman, wipes his master's brow, feeds him, washes his feet, shades him from the sun with an umbrella and holds a urinal for him.
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ComedyRoman PolanskiAndré KatelbachRoman Polanski1961
Director
Roman Polanski
Top Cast
André KatelbachRoman Polanski
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