President Haudecoeur
{{short description|1940 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = President Haudecoeur
| image = "President_Haudecoeur"_(1940).jpg
| caption =
| director = Jean Dréville
| producer =
| writer = Roger Ferdinand (play and screenplay)
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Harry Baur|Betty Stockfeld|Marguerite Deval}}
| music = Henri Forterre
| cinematography = René Gaveau
| editing = Raymond Leboursier
| studio = E.D.I.C.
| distributor =Films Marcel Pagnol
| released = {{Film date|1940|04|11|df=yes}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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President Haudecoeur (French: Le président Haudecoeur) is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Harry Baur, Betty Stockfeld and Marguerite Deval.Rège p.278{{Cite book |last=Najjar |first=Alexandre |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Harry_et_Franz/s2ZmDwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Le+pr%C3%A9sident+Haudecoeur+Harry+Baur&pg=PT74&printsec=frontcover |title=Harry et Franz |date=2018-08-30 |publisher=Place des éditeurs |isbn=978-2-259-26812-7 |language=fr}} It was shot at the Marseille Studios of Marcel Pagnol in Southern France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon.
It is an adaptation of the play by Roger Ferdinand.{{Cite web |title=Le Président Haudecœur (Jean Dréville, 1939) - La Cinémathèque française |url=https://www.cinematheque.fr/film/48224.html |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=www.cinematheque.fr}}
Synopsis
A magistrate in Aix-en-Provence rules his family tyrannically and forbids his son to marry the girl he loves as he wants him to marry a wealthy heiress. However, his ordered life is thrown upside down when he encounters a charming Canadian lady.
Cast
- Harry Baur as President Haudecoeur{{Cite book |last=Guéry |first=Christian |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Les_avocats_au_cin%C3%A9ma/QXlfCwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Le+pr%C3%A9sident+Haudecoeur+Harry+Baur&pg=RA1-PA33-IA10&printsec=frontcover |title=Les avocats au cinéma: Préface de Maître François Saint-Pierre |date=2015-09-17 |publisher=Humensis |isbn=978-2-13-074154-1 |language=fr}}
- Betty Stockfeld as Mrs. Betty Brown
- Marguerite Deval as Mme Bergas-Larue
- Robert Pizani as Abbot Margot
- Cecil Grane as Pierre Haudecoeur
- Georges Chamarat as Cousin Alexis
- Jean Témerson as Capet
- André Numès Fils as Brouillon
- Marcel Maupi as the gardener
- Sonia Gobar as Antoinette
- Jeanne Provost as Angéline Haudecoeur
Legacy
The film was screened in 2012 at the Cinémathèque française, where the film had been restored.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Restaurations_et_tirages_de_la_Cin%C3%A9math/E9AqAQAAIAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Le+pr%C3%A9sident+Haudecoeur+Harry+Baur&dq=Le+pr%C3%A9sident+Haudecoeur+Harry+Baur&printsec=frontcover |title=Restaurations et tirages de la Cinémathèque française |date=1988 |publisher=La Cinʹemathèque |isbn=978-2-900596-08-1 |language=fr}}
References
Bibliography
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0198935}}
{{Jean Dréville}}
Category:1940s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Jean Dréville
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Marseille Studios
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