''Caroline and the Rebels'' (french: Le Fils de Caroline chérie) is a 1955 French
historical
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adventure film
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directed by
Jean Devaivre
Jean Devaivre (1912–2004) was a French film director and screenwriter.Rège p.319 Additionally, he worked as a dubbing director, preparing foreign-language films for release in France. The film '' Safe Conduct'' (''Laissez-passer'', 2002) direct ...
and starring
Jean-Claude Pascal
Jean-Claude Villeminot (24 October 1927 – 5 May 1992), better known as Jean-Claude Pascal (), was a French comedian, actor, singer and writer.
Early life
He was born in Paris into a family of wealthy textile manufacturers. His mother, ...
,
Sophie Desmarets
Sophie Desmarets (1922–2012) was a French film actress.Davis p.145
Selected filmography
* ''Battement de coeur'' (1940) - (uncredited)
* ''Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Henriette Lefranc
* ''L'homme qui joue avec le feu'' (1942) - Gabrielle
* ...
and
Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot ( ; ; born 28 September 1934), often referred to by her initials B.B., is a former French actress, singer and model. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated characters with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the ...
. It is loosely part of the ''Caroline chérie'' film series, although the character never actually appears and is seen only in a
miniature
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* Portrait miniature, a miniature portrait painting
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.
It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in
Paris
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and
on location in
Roussillon
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. 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 ...
Jacques Krauss.
The film recorded 1,667,829 admissions in France.
Box office information for film
at Box Office Story
Cast
* Jean-Claude Pascal
Jean-Claude Villeminot (24 October 1927 – 5 May 1992), better known as Jean-Claude Pascal (), was a French comedian, actor, singer and writer.
Early life
He was born in Paris into a family of wealthy textile manufacturers. His mother, ...
as Juan d'Aranda/de Sallanches
* Sophie Desmarets
Sophie Desmarets (1922–2012) was a French film actress.Davis p.145
Selected filmography
* ''Battement de coeur'' (1940) - (uncredited)
* ''Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Henriette Lefranc
* ''L'homme qui joue avec le feu'' (1942) - Gabrielle
* ...
as Duchess Laure d'Albuquerque
* Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot ( ; ; born 28 September 1934), often referred to by her initials B.B., is a former French actress, singer and model. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated characters with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the ...
as Pilar d'Aranda
* Jacques Dacqmine
Jacques Dacqmine (1923–2010) was a French stage, film and television actor.Hayward p.242 He was married four times, including to the actress Odile Versois.
Partial filmography
* ''Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Un élève du collège (uncredi ...
as General Gaston de Sallanche
* Magali Noël
Magali Noëlle Guiffray (27 June 1931 – 23 June 2015), better known as Magali Noël, was a French actress and singer.
Biography
Actress career
Born in İzmir to French parents in the diplomatic service, she left Turkey for France in 1951, a ...
as Térésa
* Georges Descrières
Georges Descrières (15 April 1930 – 19 October 2013) was a French actor. He appeared in 52 films and television shows between 1954 and 1996. He starred alongside Anna Karina in the 1962 film '' Sun in Your Eyes'' and portrayed the gentlem ...
as Lt. Tinteville
* Alfred Adam
Alfred Roger Adam (4 April 1908 – 7 May 1982) was a French stage and film character actor, who usually played weak or villainous roles.
Selected filmography
*''Speedway'' (1929) - Doctor (uncredited)
*'' La Kermesse Héroïque'' (1935) - Jose ...
as General Lasalle
* Micheline Gary
Christiane Micheline Guary (1 October 1925 – 25 December 2022), better known as Micheline Gary, was a French film and stage actress who was active in the French film industry throughout the 1950s. In 1960 she married the actor Paul Meurisse.
G ...
as Conchita d'Aranda
* Germaine Dermoz
Germaine Dermoz (born Germaine Deluermoz, 30 July 1888 – 6 November 1966) was a French film and theatre actress of the early-to-mid twentieth century.
She performed in over twenty theatre productions, frequently in the Théâtre Réjane.
H ...
as Comtesse d'Aranda
* Daniel Ceccaldi
Daniel Ceccaldi (25 July 1927 – 27 March 2003) was a French actor.
He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father ''Lucien Darbon'' in François Truffaut's movies ''Stolen Kis ...
as Lt. Bogard
* Robert Dalban
Robert Dalban (born Gaston Barré; 19 July 1903, in Celles-sur-Belle, Deux-Sèvres – 3 April 1987, in Paris) was a French actor. His work included stage acting, roles in TV shows and dubbing American stars. Moreover, he was a fixture in Frenc ...
as Le capitaine des gendarmes
* Jean Debucourt
Jean Debucourt (19 January 1894 – 22 March 1958) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1920 and 1958.
Selected filmography
* '' The Little Thing'' (1923)
* ''Jean Chouan'' (1926)
* ''Madame Récami ...
as Le père supérieur
* Charles Dechamps as L'oncle de Juan
* Albert Dinan
Albert Dinan (27 March 1902 – 3 July 1976) was a French film actor.Goble p.347 He appeared in more than ninety films and television series during his career.
Selected filmography
* ''Bric à Brac et compagnie'' (1932) - Jean Verly
* ''Lunegard ...
as Lt. Guéneau
* Jean Galland
Jean Galland (1887–1967) was a French film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Fantômas'' (1932)
* ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933)
* ''The Barber of Seville'' (1933)
* '' The Scandal'' (1934)
* '' Princesse Tam Tam'' (1935)
* ''Whirlpool of Desire'' (19 ...
as Marquis de Villa-Campo
* Bernard Lajarrige
Bernard La Jarrige (25 February 1912 – 29 May 1999) was a French film and television actor.Paietta p.17 His name is sometimes written as Bernard Lajarrige.
Selected filmography
* '' Orage'' (1938) - Un copain (uncredited)
* ''La cité des lumi ...
as Lavaux
* Robert Manuel as King Joseph
* Marcel Pérès (actor)
Marcel Pérès (1898–1974) was a French film actor who acted prolifically during his long career.Crisp p.232 He was a character actor often playing smaller, supporting roles.
Selected filmography
* '' Port of Shadows'' (1938)
* ''Return at Daw ...
as Frégos les Papillottes
* Pascale Roberts
Pascale is a common Francophone given name, the feminine of the name Pascal. The same spelling is also an Italian form of the masculine name ''Pascal'', and an Italian surname derived from the given name.
Pascale derives from the Latin ''pasc ...
as Sallanches's friend
* Michel Etcheverry
Michel Etcheverry (16 December 1919 – 30 March 1999) was a French actor. First a teacher, he was fired in 1941 for refusing to make the Maréchal children sing, here we come! . He began his career in the theater as a stage manager, then joined ...
as Priest
* Marcel Bozzuffi
Marcel Bozzuffi (28 October 19291 February 1988) was a French film actor. He appeared as a hitman in the Oscar-winning American film '' The French Connection''. In 1963, he married French actress Françoise Fabian.
Selected filmography
*1955: ...
as Soldier
* Bernard Musson
Bernard Musson (1925–2010) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* '' It Happened in Paris'' (1952)
* '' The Slave'' (1953)
* '' On Trial'' (1954)
* ''Flesh and the Woman'' (1954)
* ''Bonjour sourire'' (1956)
* ''Les Truands'' (1956)
* '' ...
as L'homme aux fèves
References
Bibliography
* Hayward, Susan. ''French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film''. Intellect Books, 2010.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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