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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| Directing | Roman Polanski | Director |
| Production | Jean-Pierre Rousseau | Producer |
| Production | Roman Polanski | Producer |
| Writing | Roman Polanski | Writer |
| Sound | Krzysztof Komeda | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jean-Michel Boussaguet | Director of Photography |
| Production | Claude Joudioux | Production Director |
| Production | Jacques Brunet | Production Manager |