''The Husbands of Leontine'' (French: ''Les maris de Léontine'') is a 1947 French

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directed by

René Le Hénaff René Le Hénaff (24 April 1901 – 5 January 2005) was a French film editor and director. As a film editor he collaborated with directors Marcel Carné, René Clair, and Géza von Radványi among others. His three films with Carné in the late ...

and starring Jacqueline Gauthier, Pierre Jourdan and

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.Rège p.608 The film's sets were designed by the

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Raymond Nègre Raymond Nègre was a French art director active in the film industry during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.Hayward p.241 Selected filmography * '' My First Love'' (1945) * '' Resistance'' (1945) * '' Not So Stupid'' (1946) * ''Women's Games'' (1946) ...

. The film is based on a play by

Alfred Capus Alfred Capus (25 November 18581 November 1922) was a French journalist and playwright, who was born in Aix-en-Provence and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Biography Son of a lawyer from Marseille, Alfred Capus went to university in Toulon. After fail ...

which had previously been made as a 1928 German silent film ''

Leontine's Husbands ''Leontine's Husbands'' (German: ''Leontines Ehemänner'') is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Claire Rommer, Georg Alexander and Carl Walther Meyer. It was based on a play by Alfred Capus. A French dancer ...

''.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1947 films 1947 comedy films French comedy films 1940s French-language films Films directed by René Le Hénaff French films based on plays French black-and-white films 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub