''Nina'' is a 1959 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
Jean Boyer and starring
Sophie Desmarets
Sophie Desmarets (1922–2012) was a French film actress.Davis p.145
Selected filmography
* ''Battement de coeur'' (1940) - (uncredited)
* ''Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Henriette Lefranc
* ''L'homme qui joue avec le feu'' (1942) - Gabrielle
* ...
,
Olivier Hussenot
Olivier Hussenot (10 September 1913 – 25 August 1978) was a French theatre and film actor.
Career
The actor appeared in French, Italian and American films.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
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and
Agnès Laurent.
[Singer p.539]
The film is based on the 1949 play of the same title by
André Roussin
André Roussin, (22 January 1911 – 3 November 1987), was a French playwright. Born in Marseille, he was elected to the Académie française on 12 April 1973.
Bibliography
*1933 ''Patiences et impatiences''
*1944 ''Am Stram Gram''
*1945 ''U ...
. It was shot at the
Billancourt Studios
Billancourt Studios was a film studio in Paris which operated between 1922 and 1992. Located in Boulogne-Billancourt, it was one of the leading French studios. It was founded in the silent era by Henri Diamant-Berger. During the Second World War ...
in
Paris
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Jean d'Eaubonne
Jean d'Eaubonne (March 8, 1903 – July 30, 1971) was a French art director. He received an Oscar nomination in 1951 for his work on Max Ophüls's ''La Ronde''.
Selected filmography
* '' The Polish Jew'' (1931)
* '' Love and Luck'' (1932)
* '' M ...
.
Synopsis
A husband plans to shoot the man having an affair with his wife, but both come to realise their desire to escape the tyrannical woman in their lives.
Cast
*
Sophie Desmarets
Sophie Desmarets (1922–2012) was a French film actress.Davis p.145
Selected filmography
* ''Battement de coeur'' (1940) - (uncredited)
* ''Premier rendez-vous'' (1941) - Henriette Lefranc
* ''L'homme qui joue avec le feu'' (1942) - Gabrielle
* ...
as Nina Tessier
*
Olivier Hussenot
Olivier Hussenot (10 September 1913 – 25 August 1978) was a French theatre and film actor.
Career
The actor appeared in French, Italian and American films.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
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as Un inspecteur
*
Agnès Laurent as Cécile Redon-Namur
*
Jean Poiret
Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992), was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play '' La Cage aux Folles''.
Early career
Poiret was born in Paris, and f ...
as Adolphe Tessier
*
Yves Robert
Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.
Life and career
Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with ...
as Redon-Namur
*
Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films.
Life and career
His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's ''Les ...
as Gérard Blonville
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Pierre Tornade
Pierre Tornade (21 January 1930 – 7 March 2012) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 120 films and television shows between 1956 and 1998.
Biography
He was born Pierre Tournadre on 21 January 1930 in Bort-les-Orgues in the departm ...
as Un inspecteur
*
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 Concierge
References
Bibliography
* Singer, Michael. ''Film Directors''. Lone Eagle Publishing, 2002.
External links
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1959 films
French black-and-white films
French comedy films
1959 comedy films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Jean Boyer
Films shot at Billancourt Studios
French films based on plays
1950s French films
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