''Frederica'' (French: ''Frédérica'') is a 1942 French

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directed by Jean Boyer and starring

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, Elvire Popesco and

Jacqueline Gauthier Jacqueline Gauthier (7 October 1918 – 18 September 1982) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.115 Selected filmography * '' Louise'' (1939) * ''At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) * '' Frederica'' (1942) * ''Shop Girls of Paris'' (194 ...

.Bessy & Chirat p.178 It is based on a play by

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Synopsis

Gilbert Legrant a singer and owner of a cabaret is financially bailed out by his girlfriend Lilette. However, she is outraged when she discovers

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s written by him to a woman named Frederica. Frederica is in fact a fictional creation of his ideal woman, but Lilette doesn't believe him. Gilbert's friend gets his own girlfriend Claudine to pose as Frederica, while in turn a real Frederica arrives from Davos causing further confusion.

Cast

as Gilbert Legrant * Elvire Popesco as Frédérica * Rellys as Théodule *

as Claudine * Jacques Louvigny as Le baron *

Hélène Tossy Helene or Hélène may refer to: People *Helene (given name), a Greek feminine given name *Helen of Troy, the daughter of Zeus and Leda *Helene, a figure in Greek mythology who was a friend of Aphrodite and helped her seduce Adonis *Helene (Ama ...

as La vendeuse * Hélène Dartigue as Anaïs * Maurice Baquet as Un ami de Gilbert *

Francis Blanche François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Blanche was ...

as Ami de Gilbert * Suzet Maïs as Lilette * Christian Gérard as Un ami de Gilbert *

Robert Arnoux Robert Raymond Arnoux (23 October 1899, in Lille – 13 March 1964, in Paris) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''Hantise'' (1922) * '' Napoléon'' (1927) - Un conventionnel (uncredited) * ''Rive gauche'' (1931) - Alfred * ''Le congr� ...

as Julien Blanchet

References

Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986

External links

* 1942 films 1942 comedy films French comedy films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Jean Boyer French films based on plays 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub