''The Fenouillard Family'' (French: ''La famille Fenouillard'') is a 1960 French
historical
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comedy film
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directed by
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 ...
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
* ...
,
Jean Richard and
Annie Sinigalia
Annie may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Annie (given name), a given name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress
* Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer
Th ...
. It is based on a pioneering nineteenth century
text comic, ', by
Georges Colomb
Marie-Louis-Georges Colomb (Lure, Haute-Saône, 25 May 1856 – Nyons, 3 January 1945) was a French botanist, science populariser, and a pioneer of French comics, known as '' bandes dessinées ''.
Under the pseudonym Christophe (playing on "Chr ...
.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Paul-Louis Boutié
Paul-Louis Boutié (1910-2004) was a French art directorCoates-Smith & McGee p.96 who designed the sets for many film productions in postwar France cinema.
Selected filmography
* '' Beautiful Star'' (1938)
* '' The Acrobat'' (1941)
* '' Gringal ...
.
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 Léocadie Fanouillard
*
Jean Richard as Agénor Fenouillard
*
Annie Sinigalia
Annie may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Annie (given name), a given name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress
* Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer
Th ...
as Cunégonde
*
Marie-José Ruiz as Artémise
*
Bruno Balp
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*Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname
* Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...
*
Little Bara
*
Jean Bellanger
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People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
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* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* J ...
*
Charles Bouillaud
Charles Bouillaud (1904–1965) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
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1965 deaths
French male stage actors
French male film actors
French male television actors
20th-century French male ...
*
Madeleine Clervanne
Madeleine may refer to:
Common meanings
*Madeleine (name), also Madeline, a feminine given name
* Madeleine (cake), a traditional sweet cake from France
*Mary Magdalene, also called the Madeleine
Arts and entertainment
* ''Madelein'' (1919 f ...
as Mme de Bréauté-Beuzeville
*
Gérard Darrieu
Gérard Darrieu (1925–2004) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
*1950: ''Three Telegrams'' (directed by Henri Decoin) - Jeune dragueur
*1951: ''Juliette, or Key of Dreams'' - Un prisonnier (uncredited)
*1951: ''Boîte de nuit'' - Le gr ...
as Souris-Bibi
*
Gilbert Denoyan Gilbert may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
*Gilbert (surname), including a list of people
Places Australia
* Gilbert River (Queensland)
* Gilbert River (South ...
as Harris
*
Hubert Deschamps
Hubert Deschamps (13 September 1923 – 29 December 1998) was a French actor.
He was the son of the museum curator Paul Deschamps (1888–1974) and uncle of the French stage director Jérôme Deschamps.
Selected filmography
* ''The Strol ...
as Le maître d'école
*
André Gille
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as Follichon
*
Roger Pelletier
*
Yves Peneau
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* Yves, Charente-Maritime, a commune of the Charente-Maritime department in France
* Yves (given name), including a list of people with the name
* ''Yves'' (single album), a single album by Loona
* ''Yves'' (film), a 2019 Fre ...
*
Guy Piérauld
*
Robert Rollis
Robert Rollis (16 March 1921 - 6 November 2007) was a French actor. He mainly starred as a film actor, but also appeared in television and also in theatre in the 1950s and early 1960s. Amongst many roles, he starred in Yves Robert's '' War of th ...
*
Henri Virlojeux
Henri Virlogeux (22 March 1924 – 19 December 1995) was a French actor. He is known for "The 400 Blows" (1959), "Les rois maudits" (1972) and "Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur" (1971). He was married to Véronique Silver. He died on December 19, ...
as Le commandant
*
Jean-Claude Arnaud
*
Georges Aubert as Bordure
*
André Badin
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*
Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier (11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor.
He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute, was posted at the time.
Life and career
His rotund features an ...
as Un voyageur
*
Bernard Charlan
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The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brav ...
as Antoine Petit
*
Marcel Charvey
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* Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder
* Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian ...
*
Henri Cote
*
Philippe Desboeuf as La Charente
*
Alain Dumoulin as Polydore
*
Pierre Duncan
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*
Lucien Frégis
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Lucien, Saint Lucien, or Saint-Lucien may also refer to:
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* Lucien of Beauvais, Christian saint
*Lucien, a band member ...
as Un voyageur
*
Daniel Goldenberg as Anatole
*
André Pradel
*
Claude Richard
*
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 Le Coq
*
André Weber
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as Nanca
References
Bibliography
* Maurice Bessy & Raymond Chirat. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1956-1960''. Pygmalion, 1990.
External links
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French historical comedy films
1960s historical comedy films
1960 films
1960s French-language films
Films directed by Yves Robert
Films set in the 19th century
Films based on French comics
Films scored by Gérard Calvi
1960s French films
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