''Frederica'' (French: ''Frédérica'') is a 1942 French
comedy film
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directed by
Jean Boyer and starring
Charles Trenet
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (; 18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly a thousand songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These include ...
,
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 ...
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Jean de Letraz
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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
love letter
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History
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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
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Charles Trenet
Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (; 18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics to nearly a thousand songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years. These include ...
as Gilbert Legrant
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Elvire Popesco as Frédérica
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Rellys as Théodule
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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 ...
as Claudine
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Jacques Louvigny as Le baron
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Hélène Tossy
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*Helene (Ama ...
as La vendeuse
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Hélène Dartigue as Anaïs
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Maurice Baquet as Un ami de Gilbert
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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
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Suzet Maïs as Lilette
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Christian Gérard as Un ami de Gilbert
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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 congrà ...
as Julien Blanchet
References
Bibliography
* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
External links
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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
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