''Behind the Facade'' (French: ''Derrière la façade'') is a 1939 French
drama film
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directed by
Georges Lacombe and
Yves Mirande
Yves Mirande (Bagneux (Maine-et-Loire), May 8, 1876 – Paris, March 17, 1957) was a French screenwriter, director, actor, and producer.
Career
Yves Mirande began his acting career in the theater, transitioning to movies in the silent era.
F ...
and starring
Lucien Baroux
Lucien Baroux (born Marcel Lucien Barou; 21 September 1888 in Toulouse – 21 May 1968 in Hossegor) was a French actor. He began his career working in the theatre, moving on to a long career in films from the 1930s.
In the field of musical comed ...
,
Jules Berry
Jules Berry (born Marie Louis Jules Paufichet; 9 February 1883 – 23 April 1951) was a French actor.
Biography
Early life
Berry and his two brothers were born to parents who sold hardware and settled in Poitou. The family moved to Paris in 188 ...
and
André Lefaur
André Lefaur (25 July 1879 – 5 December 1952) was a French film and theatre actor, notably working several times with director Sacha Guitry.
Partial filmography
* ''La Vénus d'Arles'' (1911)
* ''L'homme qui assassina'' (1913)
* ''Ainsi v ...
.
[Aitken p.511] The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Lucien Aguettand
Lucien Aguettand (28 January 1901 – 14 February 1989) was a French art directorHayward p.205 who designed the sets for over eighty films during his career.
Selected filmography
* ''Little Devil May Care'' (1928)
* ''All That's Not Worth Love' ...
. It was shot at the
Epinay Studios
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in
Paris
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.
Synopsis
When the owner of an
apartment block
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is found murdered, two policeman investigate the lives of the various tenants who live there.
Cast
*
Lucien Baroux
Lucien Baroux (born Marcel Lucien Barou; 21 September 1888 in Toulouse – 21 May 1968 in Hossegor) was a French actor. He began his career working in the theatre, moving on to a long career in films from the 1930s.
In the field of musical comed ...
as Le commissaire Boucheron
*
Jules Berry
Jules Berry (born Marie Louis Jules Paufichet; 9 February 1883 – 23 April 1951) was a French actor.
Biography
Early life
Berry and his two brothers were born to parents who sold hardware and settled in Poitou. The family moved to Paris in 188 ...
as Alfrédo D'Avila
*
André Lefaur
André Lefaur (25 July 1879 – 5 December 1952) was a French film and theatre actor, notably working several times with director Sacha Guitry.
Partial filmography
* ''La Vénus d'Arles'' (1911)
* ''L'homme qui assassina'' (1913)
* ''Ainsi v ...
as Corbeau
*
Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay (born Blanche Pauline Fumoleau; 8 June 1893 – 4 July 1964) was a film actress from France. as Gaby
*
Elvire Popesco
Elvira Popescu (; in French, Elvire Popesco; 10 May 1894 – 11 December 1993) was a Romanian- French stage and film actress and theatre director. During the 1930s and 1940s, she starred in a number of French comedy films.
Life and career
P ...
as Madame Rameau
*
Michel Simon
Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss-French actor. He appeared in many notable French films, including ''La Chienne'' (1931), ''Boudu Saved from Drowning'' (1932), ''L'Atalante'' (1934), '' Port of Shadows'' (1938), '' The H ...
as Picking
*
Betty Stockfeld
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Betty was the daughter of Sydney businessman Harry Hooper Stockfeld and Susan Eli ...
as L'anglaise
*
Erich von Stroheim
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as Eric
*
Simone Berriau
Simone Berriau (21 July 1896 - 26 February 1984) was a French actress. She appeared in more than ten films from 1933 to 1942.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
*
1896 births
1984 deaths
French film actresses
20th-ce ...
as Lydia
*
Missia as Joséphine Picking
*
Raymond Segard
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as Robert Bernier
*
Marcel Orluc
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* Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder
* Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian ...
as Gérard Bernier
*
Jean Daurand
Jean Daurand (1913–1989) was a French actor. He starred in ''La Nuit Merveilleuse'' and ''Derrière la Facade''.
Selected filmography
* ''Rothchild'' (1933)
* ''Le secret d'une nuit'' (1934)
* ''Pension Mimosas'' (1935) - Un groom (uncredit ...
as Le télégraphiste
*
Elmire Vautier
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as Marie, l'habilleuse de Lydia
*
Lina Darwils as Une locataire
*
Robert Ozanne
Robert Ozanne (February 13, 1898 – September 14, 1941) was a French film actor.Youngkin p.466
Selected filmography
* ''The Three Musketeers'' (1932)
* ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933)
* '' Miquette'' (1934)
* '' The House on the Dune'' (1934)
* ''The ...
as Le brigadier
*
Claude Sainval Claude may refer to:
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* Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Claude (surname), a list of people
* Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682), French landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher ...
as Le gigolo de Gaby
*
Raymone as La bonne de Madame Mathieu
*
Jean Joffre
Jean Joffre (1872–1944) often styled simply as Joffre was a French film actor, film and stage actor. Crisp p.192 A character actor he played a variety of supporting roles in theatre and the cinema during his career. His final screen appearance w ...
as Monsieur Martin, l'aveugle
*
Lise Courbet as Paulette
* Andrex as André Laurent, l'employé de banque
*
Julien Carette
Julien Henri Carette (23 December 1897 – 20 July 1966) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1964.
Selected filmography
* '' American Love'' (1931)
* ''George and Georgette'' (1934)
* ''My Heart Is ...
as Le soldat
*
Aimé Clariond
Aimé Clariond (10 May 1894 – 31 December 1959) was a French stage and film actor.
Clariond was born in Périgueux, Dordogne, France and died in Paris.
Selected filmography
* ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1931) - Ivan Karamazoff
* '' Amourous ...
as Le président Bernier
*
Jacques Dumesnil
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Early life
Jacques Dumesnil was born as Marie Émile Eugène André Joly on November 9, 1903 in Paris, France ...
as Albert Durant, le jouer de poker
*
Paul Faivre
Paul Faivre (3 March 1886 – 5 March 1973) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* ''The House Opposite'' (1937)
* ''Behind the Facade'' (1939)
* '' Vidocq'' (1939)
* '' Annette and the Blonde Woman'' (1942)
* ''The Count of Monte Crist ...
as Le concierge
* Marcel Simon as Jules, l'amant de Gaby
*
Gaby Sylvia
Gaby Sylvia (March 24, 1920 – July 26, 1980) was an Italian actress who appeared in many French films and television series.Goble p.37
Partial filmography
* ''Le ruisseau'' (1938) - Denise
* '' Behind the Façade'' (1939) - Madeleine Martin
...
as Madeleine Martin
*
Gabrielle Dorziat
Gabrielle Dorziat (1880–1979) was a French stage and film actress. Dorziat was a fashion trend setter in Paris and helped popularize the designs of Coco Chanel. The Théâtre Gabrielle-Dorziat in Épernay, France is named for her.
Biography
S ...
as Madame Bernier
*
Jacques Baumer
Jacques Baumer (born Jacques Henri Nusbaumer; 12 April 1885 - 20 June 1951), was a French theatre director and comedian.
Filmography
* 1932: ' by Georges Lacombe
* 1933: ''Étienne'' by Jean Tarride
* 1936: ' by Max Glass and Marco de Gastyne ...
as Lambert
*
Marguerite Moreno
Marguerite Moreno (born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau; 15 September 1871, Paris - 14 July 1948, Touzac, Lot) was a French stage and film actress.
On 12 September 1900, in England, she married the writer Marcel Schwob, whom she had met in 189 ...
as La sous-directrice
*
Georges Bever
Georges Bever (1884–1973) was a French film and television actor.Goble p.38
Selected filmography
* '' The Crystal Submarine '' (1927)
* ''The Man in Evening Clothes'' (1931)
* '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931)
* ''Fun in the Barracks'' ( ...
as Un chauffeur de taxi
*
Rivers Cadet
Rivers Cadet (1 March 1892 – 1 November 1968) was a French actor.
Cadet was born Jean Maurice Large in Paris. He was the brother of Fernand Rivers.
Selected filmography
* '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932)
* '' The Ironmaster'' (1933)
* '' Th ...
as Un agent
* Roger Doucet
*
Hélène Flouest
*
Georges Malkine
Georges Alexandre Malkine (10 October 1898 – 22 March 1970) was the only visual artist named in André Breton’s 1924 Surrealist Manifesto among those who, at the time of its publication, had “performed acts of absolute surrealism." The ...
as Un chauffeur de taxi
*
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* Franck (company), Croatian coffee and snacks company
* Franck (crater), Lunar crater named after James Franck
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* Franc (disambiguation)
* Franks
* Frank (disambiguation)
* Frankie ...
as Un agent
*
Yves Mirande
Yves Mirande (Bagneux (Maine-et-Loire), May 8, 1876 – Paris, March 17, 1957) was a French screenwriter, director, actor, and producer.
Career
Yves Mirande began his acting career in the theater, transitioning to movies in the silent era.
F ...
as Le clochard sur le banc
*
Robert Moor as Un agent
*
Henri Nassiet
Henri Nassiet (1895–1977) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Maman Pierre'' (1922)
* ''La griffe du hasard'' (1937) - Séverac (uncredited)
* ''Life Dances On'' (1937) - Un policier
* ''L'innocent'' (1938) - Gregor
* ''La Glu'' (193 ...
as Petit rôle
*
Jean Wiener
Jean Wiener (or Wiéner) (19 March 1896, 14th arrondissement of Paris – 8 June 1982, Paris) was a French pianist and composer.
Life
Wiener was trained at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied alongside Darius Milhaud, and worked with ...
References
Bibliography
* Aitken, Ian. ''The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film''. Routledge, 2013.
External links
*
1939 films
French drama films
1939 drama films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Georges Lacombe
Films directed by Yves Mirande
Films shot at Epinay Studios
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
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