''Montmartre'' (French: ''Montmartre sur Seine'') is a 1941 French
romantic comedy film directed by
Georges Lacombe and starring
Édith Piaf,
Jean-Louis Barrault and
Roger Duchesne
Roger Duchesne (27 July 1906, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-SaĂ´ne – 25 December 1996) was a French film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1934 and 1957, but is best remembered for playing the lead in '' Bob le flambeur'' (1956). He was t ...
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The film's sets were designed by the art director
Robert Dumesnil
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
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Main cast
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Édith Piaf as Lily
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Jean-Louis Barrault as Michel Courtin
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Roger Duchesne
Roger Duchesne (27 July 1906, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Haute-SaĂ´ne – 25 December 1996) was a French film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1934 and 1957, but is best remembered for playing the lead in '' Bob le flambeur'' (1956). He was t ...
as Claude
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René Bergeron
René ('' born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus.
René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminin ...
as Henri Lemaire
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Huguette Faget Huguette is a feminine French given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Huguette Bello (born 1950), politician from Reunion
* Huguette Béolet (1919–unknown), French table tennis player
* Huguette Bouchardeau (born 1935), French politic ...
as Juliette
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Henri Vidal
Henri Vidal (26 November 1919 – 10 December 1959) was a French film actor.
Film career
Henri Lucien Raymond VidalSource Les Gens du cinéma/ref> was first noticed after he won the "Apollo of 1939" contest in Paris. He was spotted by É ...
as Maurice Cazaux
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Solange Sicard
Solange (died 10 May, c. 880) was a Frankish shepherdess and a locally venerated Christian saint and cephalophore, whose cult is restricted to Sainte-Solange, Cher. Saint Solange was the patron of the traditional Province of Berry, of which Che ...
as Une invitée de Mousette
* Champi as Monsieur Martin
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Pierre Labry
Pierre Labry (1885–1948) was a French stage and film actor.Capua p.122 He was active in the French film industry between 1920 and 1948, appearing in more than a hundred films.
Selected filmography
* ''La croisade'' (1920)
* ''Gigolette'' (1921 ...
as Le cafetier
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Gaston Modot as Le maître d'hôtel
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LĂ©once Corne
LĂ©once Charles Corne (18 March 1894 – 31 December 1977) was a French film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1974.
Selected filmography
* ''The Girl and the Boy'' (1931)
* ''Luck'' (1931)
* ''The Premature Father'' (1933)
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as Le père de Lily
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Paul Demange as Le commissaire
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Odette Barencey as La marchande des quatre saisons
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Sylvie as Madame Courtin
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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, clo ...
as Moussette
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Paul Meurisse as Paul Mariol
References
Bibliography
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1941 films
French romantic comedy films
1941 romantic comedy films
1940s French-language films
Films directed by Georges Lacombe
Films set in Paris
French black-and-white films
1940s French films
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