''The Girl and the Boy'' (french: La fille et le garçon) is a 1931

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

Roger Le Bon Roger Le Bon (1891–1956) was a French film producer and director. Le Bon co-directed a number of French-language versions of films made by the German studio UFA. In 1932 he co-directed the crime thriller '' Narcotics''.Youngkin p.465 Selec ...

and

Wilhelm Thiele Wilhelm Thiele (1890–1975) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He directed over 40 films between 1921 and 1960. Life and career Thiele started his show career as a stage actor. He got his start in Austrian and German film during t ...

and starring

Lilian Harvey Lilian Harvey (born Helene Lilian Muriel Pape; 19 January 1906 – 27 July 1968) was an Anglo-German actress and singer, long based in Germany, where she is best known for her role as Christel Weinzinger in Erik Charell's 1931 film ''Der Kongre ...

Henri Garat Henri Garat (born ''Henri Garascu''; 3 April 1902 in Paris – 13 August 1959) was a French actor and singer of Romanian origin.(French) "Du Temps Des Cerises Aux Feuilles Mortes" Selected filmography *''The Road to Paradise'' (1930) *''Our Maste ...

, and Lucien Baroux.Bock & Bergfelder p. 186 It was made by the major studio UFA as the

French-language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

version of '' Two Hearts Beat as One'', which also starred Harvey. Such multiple-language versions were common in the early years of

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before dubbing became more widespread.

Cast

as Jenny Berger / Ria bella *

as Victor Berger * Lucien Baroux as Le duc d'Auribeau * Mady Berry as Mme Bientôt *

Léonce Corne Léonce 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) ...

as Un avocat *

Tibor Halmay Tibor Halmay (20 December 1894 – 2 November 1944) was a Hungarian stage and film actor.von Dassanowsky p.65 He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and appeared in a mixture of German and Hungarian films during his career. He is sometimes ...

* Franz Roth * Marcel Vallée as Maurice Bientôt

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* 1931 films Films of the Weimar Republic German comedy films 1931 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Wilhelm Thiele German films based on plays Films set in France Films set in hotels Films about singers Films about divorce UFA GmbH films German multilingual films German black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Franz Schulz 1931 multilingual films 1930s German films French-language German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub