''Nine Bachelors'' (French: ''Ils étaient neuf célibataires'') is a 1939 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 Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Max Dearly and Elvire Popesco.BFI.org
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Joinville Studios The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont making films there. A second studio was added to the original ...

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Synopsis

An opportunist dreams up a new scheme to make money when the French government passes a law forbidding foreigners from living in France.

Partial cast

* Sacha Guitry as Jean Lécuyer * Max Dearly as Athanase Outriquet * Elvire Popesco as Comtesse Stacia Batchefskaïa * Victor Boucher as Alexandre *

Saturnin Fabre Saturnin Fabre (4 April 1884 – 4 October 1961) was a French film actor. Selected filmography * ''La rafale'' (1920) - comte de Bréchebel * ''Mademoiselle de La Seiglière'' (1921) * '' The Road Is Fine'' (1930) - Le professeur Pique * '' ...

as Adhémar Colombinet de la Jonchère *

André Lefaur André Lefaur (25 July 1879 – 5 December 1952) was a French film and theatre actor, notably working several times with director Sacha Guitry. Partial filmography * ''La Vénus d'Arles'' (1911) * ''L'homme qui assassina'' (1913) * ''Ainsi v ...

as Adolphe * Raymond Aimos as Agénor * Gaston Dubosc as Antonin Rousselier * Marguerite Deval as Mme Picaillon de Chéniset *

Marguerite Moreno Marguerite Moreno (born Lucie Marie Marguerite Monceau; 15 September 1871, Paris - 14 July 1948, Touzac, Lot) was a French stage and film actress. On 12 September 1900, in England, she married the writer Marcel Schwob, whom she had met in 1895 ...

as Consuelo Rodriguez *

Marguerite Pierry Marguerite Pierry (26 December 1887, Paris – 20 January 1963, Paris) was a French actress. Selected filmography * ''On purge bébé'' (1931) * '' The Two Boys'' (1936) * '' The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) * '' Southern Mail'' (1937) * '' Con ...

as Isabelle Patureau * Betty Stockfeld as Margaret Brown *

Pauline Carton Pauline Carton (4 July 1884 – 17 June 1974) was a French film actress. She appeared in more than 190 films between 1907 and 1974. Filmography * ''La fille du Boche'' (1915) * ''Blanchette'' (1921) * ''La femme de nulle part'' (1922) * '' ...

as Clémentine

References

External links

* 1939 films 1939 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Sacha Guitry French black-and-white films French comedy films Films shot at Joinville Studios 1930s French films Films scored by Adolphe Borchard {{1930s-comedy-film-stub