"School for Postmen" (french: L'École des facteurs) is a 1947 French short comedy film directed by

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. Tati plays a French

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learning to be as fast as he can in delivering mail. The film includes several sight gags that involve his bicycle. He replicated most of the action here in his first major

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, '' Jour de fête'', released two years later. The 15-minute film is included on the ''

Mon Oncle ''Mon Oncle'' (; ''My Uncle'') is a 1958 comedy film by French filmmaker Jacques Tati. The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, ''Mon Oncle'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Special Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film ...

'' DVD, part of the Criterion Collection.

Cast

as Postman * Paul Demange as Chief Postman

External links

* 1947 comedy films Films directed by Jacques Tati French black-and-white films Films about postal systems 1947 short films French comedy short films 1940s French films {{short-comedy-film-stub