Stopover in Orly

{{Infobox film

| name = Stopover in Orly

| image = File:Stopover in Orly.jpg

| caption =

| director = Jean Dréville

| producer = Jean Darvey
Jean Dréville
Alkexander Grüter
Max Koslowski
Alexandre Lourié
Ray Ventura

| writer = Paul Andréota
Jacques Companéez
Joseph Than

| based_on = Stopover in Orly by Curt Riess

| narrator =

| starring = Dany Robin
Dieter Borsche
Simone Renant
Heinz Rühmann

| music = Paul Misraki

| cinematography = Helmuth Ashley

| editing = Eva Kroll
Gabriel Rongier

| studio =Corona Filmproduktion
Hoche Productions
Marina Films

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1955|03|04|df=yes}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = {{ubl|France|West Germany}}

| language = French

| budget =

| gross =

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Stopover in Orly (French: Escale à Orly, German: Zwischenlandung in Paris) is a 1955 French-West German romantic comedy crime film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Dany Robin, Dieter Borsche, Simone Renant and Heinz Rühmann.Bergfelder p.62-63 It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios near Hamburg and the Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani. Location shooting took place at Orly Airport, then the main airport for Paris.

Synopsis

Michèle, an employee at the airport, is in love with American pilot Eddie Miller who regularly flies the route from New York to Paris, but problems arise when he is transferred to the Tokyo route. Meanwhile Michèle's uncle Albert who works in the freight department sets out to tackle a drug trafficking outfit.

Cast

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Dany Robin as Michèle Tellier dite 'Baby Face'
Dieter Borsche as Eddie Miller
Simone Renant as Gloria Morena
Heinz Rühmann as Albert Petit
François Périer as Pierre Brissac
Micheline Gary as Geneviève
Véronique Deschamps as Denise
Gisela von Collande as Emma Petit
Marina Than as Jenny
Doris Kirchner as Arlette - la secrétaire de Boreau
René Blancard as Martin - le directeur d'Air France
Georges Lannes as Le commissaire Ludo
Hans Nielsen as Eugène Boreau
Roger Tréville as Douglas Moore
Nicolas Amato as Un douanier
Jacques Duby as Le scénariste
Lucien Callamand as Un employé
Louis Velle as Le pilote italien
Claus Biederstaedt as Jim
Reinhard Kolldehoff as Joseph
Lucien Guervil as Un inspecteur
Charles Bayard as Un voyageur
René Havard as André
Hubert Deschamps as Un douanier
Hans Richter as Fred
Holger Hagen as Steve

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References

Bibliography

Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
Körner, Torsten. Ein guter Freund: Heinz Rühmann. Biographie. Aufbau Digital, 2019.