Place de la Concorde (1939 film)
{{short description|1939 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Place de la Concorde
| image =File:Place de la Concorde (1939 film).jpg
| caption =
| director =Karel Lamac
| producer =
| based_on =
| writer = Edmond Albou
Jean Féline
Pierre Humbourg
Max Kolpé
| narrator =
| starring = Albert Préjean
Dolly Mollinger
Armand Bernard
| music = Paul Misraki
| cinematography = Jean Bachelet
Alain Douarinou
| editing =Marianne Blanche
| studio =Les Films Béril
| distributor =Réalisation d'art cinématographique
| released ={{Film date|1939|01|07|df=yes}}
| runtime = 78 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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Place de la Concorde is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Karel Lamac and starring Albert Préjean, Dolly Mollinger and Armand Bernard.https://www.unifrance.org/film/2817/place-de-la-concorde Crisp p.10 Oscherwitz & Higgins p.355 It takes its title from the Place de la Concorde, a major public square in Paris.
Synopsis
After her dress gets caught in the door of the train, a Hungarian-born young woman from the provinces accidentally finds herself carried all the way to Paris. There she meets a chauffeur who is secretly a duke in disguise.
Cast
- Albert Préjean as Le duc Gus de la Rochefouquet
- Dolly Mollinger as Rosy Farkas
- Armand Bernard as Altesse
- René Lefèvre as Ripotot
- Raymond Cordy as Charles, le chauffeur
- Geneviève Callix as Paulette
- Marcelle Praince as La mère de Marion
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La lectrice de poème à la radio
- Midlarsky as Le barman
- Maurice Baquet as Papillon
- Claire Gérard as La femme du chef de gare
- Denise Cayrol as Marion
- Bernard Blier as Brioche
- Émile Saint-Ober as Le chef de gare
- Marcel Pérès as Le fiancé
- Betty Spell as La fiancée
- Jacques Henley as Le président du jury
References
Bibliography
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0245361}}
{{Karel Lamač}}
Category:1930s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Karel Lamač
Category:French black-and-white films
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