Farewell Mister Grock
{{short description|1950 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Farewell Mister Grock
| image = File:Farewell Mister Grock.jpg
| caption =
| director = Pierre Billon
| producer = Christian-Falaize
Nino Constantini
André Paulvé
| writer = Christian-Falaize
Nino Constantini
| starring = Grock
Suzy Prim
Charles Lemontier
| music = Henri Sauguet
| cinematography = Nikolai Toporkoff
| editing = Maurice Serein
| studio = Le Trident Films
Merkur-Film
| distributor = DisCina
Herzog-Filmverleih
| released = {{Film date|1950|01|19|df=yes}}
| runtime = 107 minutes
| country = France
West Germany
| language = French
German
| budget =
}}
Farewell Mister Grock (French: Au revoir M. Grock, German: Manege frei) is a 1950 French–West German comedy drama film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Grock, Suzy Prim and Charles Lemontier.Ainsworth, Double & Peacock p.134 It is in the tradition of circus films. It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris and on location at the Cirque Medrano and the Théâtre Pigalle in the city as well as around Lake Constance on the Swiss-German border. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Max Mellin and Serge Piménoff. It is also known by the alternative title Clear the Ring.Cullen, Hackman, & McNeilly p.463
Synopsis
Cast
- Grock as Adrien Wettach, alias Grock
- Suzy Prim as Countess Barinoff
- Charles Lemontier as Mr Durand
- Héléna Manson as Aunt Pauline
- Maurice Regamey as Bourquaint
- Nadine Rousseau as Miss Wettach
- Georges Chamarat as Le pere Wattach
- Marcel Pérès as Fracassa
- Monique Marquenet as Adélaïde
- Made Siamé as a waitress
- Louis de Funès as a spectator
- Alexandre Mihalesco as Le clown Auguste
- Ted Rémy as Adrien
- Henry Cassidy as Self
- Peter Graham as Lord Peter
- Axel Scholtz as Kurt Heller
- Jean-Jacques Domenge as Jeannot
- Paul Oettly as Wittzec
- Philipp Gruß as Roberto Wittez / Wetzel
- Camille Gari as Roberta
- Alfonso Bovino as Italian child
References
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Bibliography
- Ainsworth, Adam, Double, Oliver & Peacock, Louise. Popular Performance. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
- Cullen, Frank, Hackman, Florence & McNeilly, Donald. Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. Psychology Press, 2007.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0041136}}
- [http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Au_revoir_M_Grock_1950_rev.html Au revoir M. Grock (1950)] at the Films de France
{{Pierre Billon}}
Category:1950 comedy-drama films
Category:French comedy-drama films
Category:1950s French-language films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Pierre Billon
Category:Films shot at Francoeur Studios
Category:Films scored by Henri Sauguet
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