Clochemerle is a 1948 French comedy film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Félix Oudart, Saturnin Fabre and Jean Brochard.[1] [2] It is an adaptation of the 1934 novel Clochemerle by Gabriel Chevallier.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Marquet.
| Clochemerle | |
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| Directed by | Pierre Chenal |
| Written by | Pierre Laroche |
| Based on | Clochemerle by Gabriel Chevallier |
| Produced by | Armand Rubin |
| Starring | Félix Oudart Saturnin Fabre Jean Brochard |
| Cinematography | Robert Lefebvre |
| Edited by | Monique Kirsanoff |
| Music by | Henri Sauguet |
Production company | Cinéma Production |
| Distributed by | National Film Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Synopsis
editIn a small town in Beaujolais a dispute breaks out when the Radical Party mayor decides to build some new public urinals opposite the church. Conservative forces led by the local priest and a baroness attempt to thwart him.
Cast
edit- Félix Oudart as Le curé Ponosse
- Saturnin Fabre as Alexandre Bourdillat
- Jean Brochard as Piéchut
- Maximilienne as Justine Putet
- Roland Armontel as Ernest Tafardel - l'instituteur
- Jane Marken as La baronne de Courtebiche
- Simone Michels as Judith Toumignon
- Christiane Muller as Adèle Torbayon
- Paul Demange as Toumignon
- Max Dalban as Arthur Torbayon
- Jacqueline Dor as Rose Bivaque
- Mady Berry as La mère Brodequin
- Charles Dechamps as Luvelat
- Jean-Roger Caussimon as Samotras
- Christian Argentin as L'évêque
- Gaston Orbal as Poilphard
- Jack Gauthier as Claudius Brodequin
- Max Palenc as Hippolyte Foncimagne
- Lucien Guervil as Le capitaine Tardiveau
- René-Jean Chauffard as Oscar de Saint-Choul
- Pierre Labry as Nicolas
- Odette Talazac as Madame Girodot
- Wanda Ottoni as La jeune veuve
- Judith Magre as Hortense Girodot
- Georges Douking as Le préparateur
- Marcel Pérès as Le père Brodequin
- Albert Malbert as Beausoleil
- Etienne Decroux as Le docteur Mouraille
- Léon Larive as Le colonel
- Pierre Juvenet as Le préfet
- Jeanne Herviale as Honorine
- Palmyre Levasseur as Babette Manapoux
- Geneviève Morel as Fouache
- Henri Niel as L'abbé Jouffe
- George Cusin as Le notaire Girodot
- Myriam Dior as Une lavandière
References
edit- ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/4985/clochemerle
- ^ Rège p.211
- ^ Goble p.81
Bibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
edit- Clochemerle at IMDb
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