''Billeting Order'' (French: ''Le billet de logement'') is a 1932 French

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directed by

Charles-Félix Tavano Charles-Félix Tavano (19 April 1887 – 29 May 1963) was a French film director as well as a screenwriter. Filmography Director * 1931: ''Deux fois vingt ans'' * 1932: ''Arrêtez-moi!'' * 1932: ''Un client de province'' * 1932: '' Billeting ...

and starring

André Berley André Berley (13 January 1890 – 26 November 1936) was a French actor. Berley was born André Edmond Obrecht in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Selected filmography * ''The Passion of Joan of Arc'' (1928) * '' Olimpia'' (1930) * '' The ...

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and Lucienne Parizet.Crisp p.393 The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert-Jules Garnier Robert-Jules Garnier (1883–1958) was a French art director.Bergfelder, Harris & Street p.72 Selected filmography * '' Judex'' (1916) * ''Marquitta'' (1927) * '' The Crew'' (1928) * ''Little Devil May Care'' (1928) * '' Billeting Order'' (1932) ...

Cast

as Labourdette *

as Madame veuve Martin * Lucienne Parizet as Paulette *

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as Le colonel * Lucien Gallas as Champeaux * Arielle as Madame Dingois *

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as Zulma Martin *

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as Madame Savoureux * Germaine Baron as Paulette Martin *

Pierre Finaly Pierre Finaly (1889–1937) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.477 Finaly was born into a family with Hungarian Jewish roots and died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) * '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * ''C ...

as Dingois *

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as L'ordonnance Moulard *

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as Lieutenant de Fréville *

Gustave Hamilton Gustave Honoré Hamilton (27 March 1871, in Brussels – 5 January 1951, in Villefranche-sur-MerSite ''Les gens du cinéma'/ref>) was a 20th-century Belgian film actor. He was the nephew of actor, theatre director and playwright Louis Péricaud an ...

as Frère Dingois *

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as Filerin *

Germaine Brière Germaine may refer to: Given name *Germaine Arnaktauyok (born 1946), Inuk printmaker, painter, and drawer *Germaine Cousin (1579-1601), French saint *Germaine Greer (born 1939), feminist writer and academic *Germaine Koh (born 1967), Malaysian-born ...

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Yvonne Reyville Yvonne is a female given name. It is the feminine form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word ''iv'', meaning "yew" (or tree). Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupati ...

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

* 1932 films 1932 comedy films French comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Charles-Félix Tavano French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub