''A Rare Bird'' (French: ''Un oiseau rare'') is a 1935 French
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Richard Pottier and starring
Pierre Brasseur
Pierre Brasseur (22 December 1905 – 16 August 1972), born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.
Biography
The son of actors Georges Espinasse and Germaine Brasseur, the latter a cousin of Albert Brasseur; his grandfather, Jules B ...
,
Max Dearly and
Monique Rolland.
[Parish p.63]
The film's sets were designed by the
art directors
Robert Hubert and
Jacques Krauss.
Cast
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Pierre Brasseur
Pierre Brasseur (22 December 1905 – 16 August 1972), born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.
Biography
The son of actors Georges Espinasse and Germaine Brasseur, the latter a cousin of Albert Brasseur; his grandfather, Jules B ...
as Jean Berthier
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Max Dearly as Melleville
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Monique Rolland as Renée
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Charles Dechamps as Le directeur de l'hôtel
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Jean Tissier as Mascaret
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Madeleine Guitty
Madeleine Guitty (5 June 1870 – 12 April 1936) was a French stage and film actress.Crisp p.93
Selected filmography
* ''The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922)
* '' Madame Sans-Gêne'' (1925)
* ''Montmartre'' (1925)
* '' 600,000 Francs a Month'' (1926 ...
as Léonie
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Henri Vilbert
Henri Vilbert (6 April 1904 – 20 April 1997) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films from 1921 to 1982.
Filmography
References
External links
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1904 births
1997 deaths
20th- ...
as Grégoire
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Claire Gérard
Clair or Claire may refer to:
*Claire (given name), a list of people with the name Claire
* Clair (surname)
Places
Canada
* Clair, New Brunswick, a former village, now part of Haut-Madawaska
* Clair Parish, New Brunswick
* Pointe-Claire, Q ...
as Mme Berthier
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Pierre Larquey
Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77.
Selected filmography
* ''Patr ...
as Valentin
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Marcel Duhamel
Marcel Duhamel (16 July 1900 in Paris – 6 March 1977 in Saint-Laurent-du-Var) was a French actor and screenwriter, founder of the Série noire publishing imprint.
He played The Foreman in Jean Renoir's 1936 ''The Crime of Monsieur Lange''.
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as Le baron Tourtau
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Madeleine Suffel
Madeleine Suffel (1899–1974) was a French film and stage actress.Palmer & Michael p.274 She played supporting roles in a number of films from the early 1930s onwards.
Selected filmography
* '' A Rare Bird'' (1935)
* '' School for Coquettes'' ( ...
as La baronne Tourtau
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Anthony Gildès
Anthony Gildès (13 August 1856 – 6 October 1941) was a French actor.
Anthony Gildès was born Anatole Gleizes in Metz, France. He died in Paris at age 85.
Selected filmography
* '' The Zone of Death'' (1917)
* '' The Torture of Silence'' (191 ...
as Le sourd
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Léon Arvel as Broux
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Carlos Avril
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Lou Bonin
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Marguerite de Morlaye
Marguerite de Morlaye (29 January 1870, Saint-Mandé –18 September 1957, Paris) was a French actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Martyr'' (1927)
* '' A Foolish Maiden'' (1929)
* '' The Wonderful Day'' (1932)
* '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933)
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as La danseuse au bal masué
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Geno Ferny as Le membre du conseil d'administration
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Georges Jamin Georges may refer to:
Places
* Georges River, New South Wales, Australia
* Georges Quay (Dublin)
*Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Other uses
*Georges (name)
* ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas
* "Georges" (song), a 19 ...
as Un montagnard
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Liliane Lesaffre
Liliane is a given name for women, most often used where French language, French is spoken, a variant of Lillian (name), Lillian and Lily, associated with the flower name Lily, genus Lilium.
People with this name
*Liliane Ackermann (1938–2007), ...
as L'aubergiste
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Maurice Marceau as Le danseur au chalet
*
Pierre Sabas
See also
* ''
Three Men in the Snow'' (1936)
* ''
Paradise for Three
''Paradise for Three'', titled ''Romance for Three'' in the United Kingdom, is a 1938 romantic comedy film starring Frank Morgan as a wealthy industrialist who decides to find out about his German workers by temporarily living among them incognit ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Three Men in the Snow'' (1955)
* ''
Three Men in the Snow'' (1974)
References
Bibliography
* James Robert Parish. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977.
External links
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1935 films
French comedy films
1935 comedy films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Richard Pottier
Films based on works by Erich Kästner
Films set in hotels
Films set in the Alps
Skiing films
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
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