Les malheurs d'Alfred
{{Infobox film
| name = Les malheurs d'Alfred
| image = Alfred affiche-1-medium.jpg
| caption =
| director = Pierre Richard
| writer = Pierre Richard
Yves Robert
| producer = Alain Poiré
Yves Robert
| starring = Pierre Richard
Anny Duperey
| narrator =
| cinematography = Jean Boffety
| editing = Ghislaine Desjonquères
| music = Vladimir Cosma
| distributor = Gaumont Distribution
| released = {{Film date|1972|03|01|df=y}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross = $8,479,763{{cite web |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8677 |title=Les malheurs d'Alfred (1972) |publisher=JP Box Office |language=fr}}
}}
Les malheurs d'Alfred (The Troubles of Alfred) is a 1972 French comedy film directed by and starring Pierre Richard.
Plot
Alfred Dhumonttyé is an unemployed architect who is incredibly unlucky. While wanting to commit suicide, he meets a female television presenter who is pursued by the same misfortune.
Cast
- Pierre Richard as Alfred Dhumonttyé
- Anny Duperey as Agathe Bodard
- Jean Carmet as Paul
- Paul Préboist as the peasant
- Paul Le Person as the policeman
- Mario David as Kid Barrantin, the boxer
- Francis Lax as Boggy, the member of the Paris team
- Yves Robert as the Parisian TV viewer
- Robert Dalban as Gustave, the chauffeur of Morel
- Marco Perrin as Orlandi, the manager of Kid
- Pierre Mondy as François Morel, the famous game show host
- Évelyne Buyle as Lucrèce
Release history
| class="wikitable"
!Country !Release date |
| France
|1 March 1972 |
| Hungary
|10 October 1974 |
| Sweden
|11 October 1974 |
| West Germany
|8 August 1975 |
The film has been released on DVD in Poland as Nieszczęścia Alfreda, in Germany as Alfred, die Knallerbse, and in France with Le distrait in the box Pierre Richard, réalisateur, apparently without subtitles even in French.
References
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External links
- {{Imdb title | id=0067385 | title=Les malheurs d'Alfred}}
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Category:1970s screwball comedy films
Category:Films about television
Category:Films scored by Vladimir Cosma
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