''The Guardian Angel'' (French: ''L'ange gardien'') is a 1934 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 Choux Jean Choux (1887–1946) was a French/Swiss film director and producer born in Geneva. Filmography * '' La Vocation d'André Carel'' (1925) * '' La Terre qui meurt'' (1926) * '' Le Baiser qui tue'' (1927) * '' Espionnage ou la guerre sans armes'' ...

and starring

André Baugé André Gaston Baugé (4 January 1893, Toulouse - 25 May 1966, Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, Clichy-la-Garenne) was a French baritone, active in opera and operetta, who also appeared in films in the 1930s.Steane JB. André Baugé. In: ''The New Grove Dic ...

, Pola Illéry and

Paul Azaïs Paul François Robert Azaïs (6 May 1902 – 17 November 1974) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1929 and 1966. Selected filmography * ''The Three Masks'' (1929) - Le fils Vescotelli * ''Le défenseur'' (1 ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Lazare Meerson. It was produced by the French subsidiary of

Tobis Film Tobis Film was a German film production and film distribution company. Founded in the late 1920s as a merger of several companies involved in the switch from silent to sound films, the organisation emerged as a leading German sound studio. Tobis ...

at the company's

Epinay Studios The Epinay Studios are film production studios located in Epinay in northern Paris. It was a complex with two distinct and separate structures. The earliest was built in 1902 by Eclair Film. A second studio was controlled by the French subsidiar ...

.https://www.unifrance.org/film/38808/l-ange-gardien

Synopsis

Singer André Soral returns to his former job as a

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. He falls in love with Pola, the daughter of the owner of a

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Cast

as André Soral * Pola Illéry as Pola *

as Fred *

Christiane Delyne Christiane Delyne (3 September 1902 – 17 April 1966) was an American-born French actress. Delyne was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Evelyn Meyer and died in Paris in 1966. Selected filmography * ''Luck'' (1931) * '' A Father Witho ...

as Christiane *

Jean Wall Jean Wall (1900–1959) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p. 306 He also directed two films. Partial filmography * ''La vagabonde'' (1932) - Le peintre Adolphe Taillandy * ''Chair ardente'' (1932) - Florent * ''The Beautiful Sailor'' (193 ...

as L'impressario *

Robert Goupil The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

as Gaspard - un marinier * Guy Derlan as Le secrétaire *

Arthur Devère Arthur Devère (24 June 1883 – 23 September 1961) was a Belgian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1956. Selected filmography * ''L'agent Rigolo et son chien policier'' (1913) * ''Flup chasseur'' (1920) * ''L ...

as L'aveugle *

Thérèse Reignier Thérèse Reignier (1891–1952) was a French stage and film actress. She appeared in films made by her husband the director Jean Choux. Pithon p.97 Selected filmography * '' The Vocation of André Carel'' (1925) * ''The Dying Land'' (1927) * '' ...

References

Bibliography

*Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934''. Pygmalion, 1988. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1934 films French comedy films 1934 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Jean Choux French black-and-white films 1930s French films Tobis Film films Films shot at Epinay Studios {{1930s-France-film-stub