Chéri-Bibi (1938 film)
{{short description|1938 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name =Chéri-Bibi
| image =File:Chéri-Bibi (1938 film).jpg
| caption =
| director =Léon Mathot
| producer =Charles Bauche
| based_on = Chéri-Bibi by Gaston Leroux
| writer =Jacques Constant
| narrator =
| starring =Pierre Fresnay
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Marcel Dalio
| music = Paul Misraki
| cinematography =René Gaveau
André Thomas
| editing =Marguerite Beaugé
| studio =Productions Charles Bauche
| distributor = Compagnie Française Cinématographique
| released = {{Film date|1938|03|02|df=yes}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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Chéri-Bibi is a 1938 French drama film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Pierre Fresnay, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Marcel Dalio.Rège p.99Bessy & Chirat p.200 It was based on the Chéri-Bibi series of novels by Gaston Leroux. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. The character had previously appeared in the 1931 American film The Phantom of Paris and would return in a 1955 French film Chéri-Bibi and a 1974 television series of the same title.
Synopsis
Chéri-Bibi is sentenced to serve time in penal colony in South America, but plots a mutiny and an escape with his fellow prisoners.
Cast
- Pierre Fresnay as Francis dit Chéri-Bibi
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as Raoul Palas
- Marcel Dalio as Le donneur
- Suzet Maïs as Ginette
- Thomy Bourdelle as Fric-Frac
- Lucien Dalsace as Le vieux Georges
- René Navarre as Monsieur Charles
- Georges Péclet as Duroc
- Colette Darfeuil as Viviane
- Raymond Aimos as La Ficelle
- Georges Fels as Théo
- Maurice Humbert as Le sourd-muet
- Victor Vina as Coranti
- Liliane Lesaffre as Mademoiselle Roger
- Robert Ozanne as Le Lorrain
- Jean Marconi as Freddy
- Adolf E. Licho as Boris
- Max Doria as Émile
- Alex Potino as Blanchette
- Gérard Landry as Gérard
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2. Pygmalion, 1986.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0197362}}
{{Léon Mathot}}
Category:1930s French-language films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Léon Mathot
Category:Films based on French novels
Category:Films based on works by Gaston Leroux
Category:Films scored by Paul Misraki
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