Narcisse (film)
{{short description|1940 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Narcisse
| image = Narcisse (film).jpg
| caption =
| director =Ayres d'Aguiar
| producer =Ayres d'Aguiar
| based_on =
| writer = Anthony Kimmins
André Gillois
Karel Lamac
| narrator =
| starring =Rellys
Paul Azaïs
Monique Rolland
| music = René Sylviano
| cinematography = Victor Arménise
Paul Cotteret
Robert Juillard
| editing =André Versein
| studio =Gray-Film
| distributor =Cocinor
| released = {{Film date|1940|03|27|df=y}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Narcisse is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Ayres d'Aguiar and starring Rellys, Paul Azaïs and Monique Rolland. Bessy & Chirat p.417 Rège p.5 https://www.unifrance.org/film/10030/narcisse It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and the Saint-Laurent-du-Var Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It is a remake of the 1938 British film It's in the Air directed by Anthony Kimmins and re-used footage from the earlier film. It was produced during the Phoney War period and was released in March 1940, a few weeks before the beginning of the Battle of France.
Synopsis
Narcisse Pigeon hopes to join the French Air Force, but fails the selection board. One day, at a friend's house, he tries on his uniform and discovering an overlooked urgent message in the pocket, he goes to deliver it to the base. He is mistaken for a serving airmen and quickly falls foul of the sergeant major, while also falling in love with the attractive canteen girl Rosine. He then accidentally ends up flying a new prototype plane, inadvertently performing a series of acrobatic manoeuvres in the air, before somehow managing to land it again.
Cast
- Rellys as Narcisse Pigeon
- Paul Azaïs as Crépin
- Monique Rolland as Rosine
- Claude May as Josette
- André Gabriello as Le sergent-major
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La tante
- Georges Lannes as Le commandant
- Henri Crémieux as L'inspecteur général
- Jean Joffre as L'oncle
- Roger Legris as Lafolle
- Georges Grey as Robert
- Robert Ozanne as Le lieutenant
- Georges Péclet as Le pilote
References
Bibliography
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1935–1939. 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|0030495}}
Category:1940s French-language films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Billancourt Studios
Category:Remakes of British films
Category:Films scored by René Sylviano
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