''Casimir'' is a 1950 French comedy film directed by

Richard Pottier Richard Pottier (6 June 1906, Graz – 2 November 1994, Le Plessis-Bouchard) was an Austrian-born French film director. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire as Ernst Deutsch. Selected filmography * ''A Rare Bird'' (1935) * ''Fanfare of Love' ...

and starring Fernandel,

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and

Bernard La Jarrige 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 ...

.Lorcey p.226 It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the

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Paul-Louis Boutié.

Synopsis

Casimir is a vacuum cleaner salesman, who through a misunderstanding attracts the romantic attentions of a wealthy client Angelita. Eventually he arranges her pairing with Paul-André, while he secures a large order and is free to marry his own fiancée Denise.

Cast

* Fernandel as Casimir *

as Angelita Garcia y Gonzalez *

as Paul-André - un peintre *

Jacqueline Duc Jacqueline Duc (12 April 1922 – 30 November 2012) was a French stage, television and film actress.Hayward p.329 Selected filmography * '' Patrie'' (1946) * ''The White Night'' (1948) * ''Casimir'' (1950) * '' Three Women'' (1952) * ''Bel Ami'' ...

as Denise *

Gaston Orbal Gaston Orbal (1898–1983) was a French stage and film actor.Lorcey p.244 Selected filmography * '' Dédé'' (1935) * ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * ''Tobias Is an Angel'' (1940) * '' A Woman in the Night'' (1943) * ''Dorothy Looks for Love'' ...

as Poiret * André Numès Fils as L'huissier dela Société Prima *

Cécile Didier Cécile Didier (1888–1975) was a French stage and film actress.Ball p.130 Selected filmography * ''Sister of Mercy'' (1929) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * '' The Secret of Madame Clapain'' (1943) * '' Man About Town'' (1947) * ''Return to Life'' (1949 ...

as La gouvernante du docteur * Robert Seller as Dr. Labrousse * Lucien Hector as Le cafetier * Charles Fawcett as Mr. Brown, le PDG de Prima *

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as Caroline * Julien Maffre as Le cireur * Émile Riandreys as Le grippé *

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as Le pédicure *

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as Le locataire nain * Pierre Ferval as Le névrosé dans la salle s'attente *

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as Collaborateur participant à la réunion de travail * Delcassan as La vieille locataire au sonotone

References

Bibliography

* Jacques Lorcey. ''Fernandel''. Éditions Ramsay, 1990.

External links

* 1950 comedy films French comedy films 1950 films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Richard Pottier French black-and-white films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub