''Chotard and Company'' (French: ''Chotard et Cie'') is a 1933 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
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir (; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent film, silent era to the end of the 1960s. ...
and starring
Jeanne Boitel
Jeanne Boitel (; 4 January 1904 – 7 August 1987) was a French film actress. She played a role in the Resistance during World War II, using the surname of ''Mozart''.
She met Jacques Jaujard during her resistance activities in the war, and marr ...
,
Fernand Charpin
Fernand Charpin (30 May 1887 – 6 November 1944) was a French actor. He is known for his role as Honoré Panisse in Marcel Pagnol's Marseille trilogy, beginning with '' Marius'' in 1931.
Selected filmography
* '' Marius'' (1931)
* '' Fanny'' ( ...
and
Jeanne Loury
Jeanne Loury or Jane Loury (1876–1951) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Goble p.199
Selected filmography
* ''My Aunt from Honfleur (1923 film), My Aunt from Honfleur'' (1923)
* ''House in the Sun'' (1929)
* ''All That's Not Wort ...
.
[Faulkner p.17] It was released by the French subsidiary of
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...
.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Christopher Faulkner. ''The Social Cinema of Jean Renoir''. Princeton University Press, 2014.
External links
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1933 films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Jean Renoir
1933 comedy films
French comedy films
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
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