''Mitsou'' (or ''Mitsou ou Comment l'esprit vient aux filles...'') is a 1956
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
Jacqueline Audry
Jacqueline Audry (25 September 1908 – 22 June 1977) was a French film director who began making films in post-World War II France and specialised in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful female director of post-war ...
and starring
Danièle Delorme
Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard (9 October 1926 – 17 October 2015), known by her stage name Danièle Delorme, was a French actress and film producer, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier or Y ...
,
Fernand Gravey
Fernand Gravey (25 December 1905 in Ixelles (Belgium) – 2 November 1970 in Paris, France),Death certificate # 8/445/1970 also known as Fernand Gravet in the United States, was the son of actors Georges Mertens and Fernande Depernay, who ap ...
and
François Guérin
François Guérin (1927–2003) was a French film and television actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media ...
.
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Mitsou ou Comment l'esprit vient aux filles...
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music hall
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singer becomes involved in a
love triangle
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with an older, wealthy man and a young army officer. It is based on the 1919 novella ''
Mitsou
Mitsou Annie Marie Gélinas (born September 1, 1970, in Loretteville, Quebec) is a Canadian pop singer, businesswoman, television and radio host, and actress. She is credited as Mitsou Gélinas when acting, but records simply as Mitsou (the Fre ...
'' by
Colette
Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her ...
. The title role is played by
Danièle Delorme
Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard (9 October 1926 – 17 October 2015), known by her stage name Danièle Delorme, was a French actress and film producer, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier or Y ...
who had previously appeared as Gigi in the
1949 film adaptation of Colette's work ''
Gigi'' which was also directed by Audry.
Cast
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Danièle Delorme
Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard (9 October 1926 – 17 October 2015), known by her stage name Danièle Delorme, was a French actress and film producer, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier or Y ...
as Mitsou
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Fernand Gravey
Fernand Gravey (25 December 1905 in Ixelles (Belgium) – 2 November 1970 in Paris, France),Death certificate # 8/445/1970 also known as Fernand Gravet in the United States, was the son of actors Georges Mertens and Fernande Depernay, who ap ...
as Pierre Duroy-Lelong
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François Guérin
François Guérin (1927–2003) was a French film and television actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media ...
as Robert, Le Lieutenant Bleu
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Claude Rich
Claude Rich (8 February 1929 – 20 July 2017) was a French stage and screen actor. He began his career in the theater before his film debut in 1955.
Personal life
He married actress Catherine Renaudin on 26 June 1959. They had two daughters, ...
as Lieutenant Kaki
*
Palau
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as Beauty
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Denise Grey
Denise Grey (born Édouardine Verthuy; 17 September 1896 – 13 January 1996) was an Italian-born actress who became a naturalized French citizen.
Biography
Édouardine Grey was born in Châtillon in the Aosta Valley of north-west Italy, clos ...
as Estelle
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Jacques Duby
Jacques Duby (7 May 1922 – 15 February 2012) was a French stage, film and television actor. He was born in Toulouse.
Jacques Duby as narrator
Some of his works include '' 101 Dalmatians'' (1961), ''Pinocchio'' (1968), and ''The Jungle ...
as Raphaël
References
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1956 films
1950s French-language films
Films based on works by Colette
Films directed by Jacqueline Audry
1956 comedy films
French comedy films
1950s French films
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