''Piédalu in Paris'' (French: ''Piédalu à Paris'') is a 1951 French
comedy film directed by
and starring
Félix Oudart,
Nathalie Nattier and
Armand Bernard.
[https://www.unifrance.org/film/6828/piedalu-a-paris] It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in
Paris. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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. It was one of a trilogy of films featuring the character Piédalu.
Synopsis
Piédalu, a naive man from the countryside, travels to
Paris in order to try and meet the Minister of National Renovation to submit plans for a new
tax system to him. Instead he ends up in a
music hall
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amidst a series of misunderstandings and has to return home without even seeing the government official. Fortuitously the minister has a car breakdown near Piédalu's village and he is at last able to meet him.
Cast
*
Ded Rysel as Piédalu
*
Félix Oudart as Le ministre de la Rénovation Nationale
*
Nathalie Nattier as Gloria Lamar
*
Armand Bernard as M. Finnois
*
Jane Sourza
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Selected filmography
* ''Radio Surprises'' (1940)
* ''An Artist with Ladies'' (1952)
* ''Naked in the Wi ...
as Mlle. Isabelle
*
Jacques Berlioz as Le général
*
Borodine as Olivier
*
Raymond Cordy
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Selected filmography
* ''Little Lise'' (1930) - Un joueur de billa ...
as L'huissier-chef
*
Max Dalban as Étienne
*
René Génin as Le curé
*
René Hell
René Hell (1891–1965) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Special Mission'' (1946)
* '' Dilemma of Two Angels'' (1948)
* '' After Love'' (1948)
* ''Five Red Tulips'' (1949)
* '' The Red Angel'' (1949)
* ''The Unexpected Voyager
...
as Le notaire
*
Jean Kolb
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* J ...
as L'évêque
*
Charles Lemontier
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Selected filmography
* '' Street Without a Name'' (1934)
* '' Judex'' (1934)
* '' Crime and Punishment'' (1935)
* ''Rigolboche'' (1936)
* ''You Can't Fool Antoinette'' (1936)
* ...
as Le préfet
*
Julien Maffre as Le brigadier
*
Georges Paulais as L'instituteur
*
Germaine Reuver
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Selected filmography
* '' Miss Helyett'' (1933)
* ''Lake of Ladies'' (1934)
* '' Inspector of the Red Cars'' (1935)
* ''Madame Angot's Daughter'' (1935)
* '' Caprices'' ...
as Mme. Piédalu
*
Micheline Valmonde as Madeleine Baudoin
References
Bibliography
* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955''. Pygmalion, 1989.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1951 films
French comedy films
1951 comedy films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Jean Loubignac
French black-and-white films
1950s French films
Films set in Paris
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