Miquette (1940 film)

{{short description|1940 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Miquette

| image = Miquette01.jpg

| caption = Movie poster

| director = Jean Boyer

| producer = Claude Dolbert

| writer = {{ubl|Jacques Chabannes|Jean Boyer}}

| based_on = {{based on|Miquette et sa mere|Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet}}

| starring = {{ubl|Lilian Harvey|Lucien Baroux|André Lefaur|Daniel Clérice}}

| music = {{ubl|Jane Bos|Georges Van Parys}}

| cinematography = Marc Bujard

| editing = Louisette Hautecoeur

| studio = UFPC

| distributor = UFPC

| released = {{film date|1940|5|1|df=y}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Miquette is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lilian Harvey, Lucien Baroux and André Lefaur. It was one of two films made in France by the Anglo-German star Harvey, after emigrating from Nazi Germany.Ascheid p. 243 It was her final film appearance, although she continued to act on stage.{{Cite book |last=Bock |first=ans-Michael |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_Concise_Cinegraph/z7gFT_Duq1cC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=miquette+lilian+harvey&pg=PA186&printsec=frontcover |title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema |last2=Bergfelder |first2=im |date=2009-09-01 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=978-0-85745-565-9 |language=en}}

The film is based on the play Miquette et sa mère by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet, which was later adapted into the 1950 film Miquette.{{Cite book |last=Tulard |first=Jean |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Guide_des_films_Int%C3%A9grale/nWocAAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=miquette+flers+cavaillet+film&pg=PT3813&printsec=frontcover |title=Guide des films - Intégrale |date=2013-07-18 |publisher=Groupe Robert Laffont |isbn=978-2-221-12486-4 |language=fr}}