''The Nude Dancer'' (French: ''La danseuse nue'') is a 1952 French
comedy film
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directed by
Pierre-Louis and starring
Catherine Erard,
Pierre Larquey
Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 Р17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in C̩nac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77.
Selected filmography
* ''Patr ...
and
Jean Debucourt
Jean Debucourt (19 January 1894 – 22 March 1958) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1920 and 1958.
Selected filmography
* '' The Little Thing'' (1923)
* ''Jean Chouan'' (1926)
* ''Madame Récami ...
.
[Bessy & Chirat p.132] 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 ...
Claude Bouxin
Claude Bouxin (17 February 1907 – 23 February 1997) was a French art director.Soister p.280 He designed the film sets for over ninety productions.
Selected filmography
* '' Roger la Honte'' (1933)
* '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1934)
* '' Fanatis ...
. It is based on the
interwar
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career of
music hall
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star Colette Andris.
Synopsis
A
student
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In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementar ...
gives up her studies and becomes a
cabaret dancer
''Cabaret Dancer'' is a 1986 Cinema of India, Indian Malayalam language, Malayalam film, directed by N. Sankaran Nair and produced by S. Kumar. The film stars Anuradha (actress), Anuradha, M. G. Soman, Santhosh (actor), Santhosh and Sathaar in ...
leading to her
fiancee
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breaking off their engagement. She marries an older man who helps her career by buying a
nightclub
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Nightclubs gener ...
.
Cast
*
Catherine Erard as Colette Andris
*
Pierre Larquey
Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 Р17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in C̩nac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77.
Selected filmography
* ''Patr ...
as Charmois
*
Jean Debucourt
Jean Debucourt (19 January 1894 – 22 March 1958) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1920 and 1958.
Selected filmography
* '' The Little Thing'' (1923)
* ''Jean Chouan'' (1926)
* ''Madame Récami ...
as Gilbert Chantal
*
Raymond Bussières
Raymond Bussi̬res (3 November 1907 Р29 April 1982) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1933 and 1982. He was born in Ivry-la-Bataille and died in Paris. He is buried in Marchenoir. He was married to the ac ...
as Saulnier
*
Luce Aubertin as Tania
*
Gaby Basset
Gaby Basset (29 March 1902 Varennes-Saint-Sauveur, Saône-et-Loire, France – 7 October 2001 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France) was a French film actress.Goble p.37
Selected filmography
* '' Everybody Wins'' (1930) - Simone
* ''Le poign ...
as Justine
*
Alexandre Dréan
Alexandre Dréan, or simply Dréan, (12 November 1884 – 8 March 1977) was a 20th-century French actor and singer.
His interpretation of the operetta '' Phi-Phi'' in 1920 made him popular.
His best-known songs are ''Cache ton piano'' and ''El ...
as Gallus
*
Édith Georges as Peggy
*
Elisa Lamotte as Thérèse
*
Nicole Lemaire as La speakerine
*
Michel Nastorg
Michel Nastorg (1914–1984) was a French actor.
During World War II he was called into the French army as Soldier Second Class. With the Seventh Army he retreated from Belgium before a fierce German onslaught, and found himself at Dunkirk in J ...
as Michel
*
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* Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present)
* Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
* Prince Philippe, Count o ...
as Pépère
*
Pierre-Louis as René Laporte
*
Robert Pizani
Robert Pizani (26 April 1896 – 17 June 1965) was a French stage and film actor whose 45-year career encompassed leading roles in numerous plays, revues and operettas as well as dozens of films.
In operetta
Pizani's roles in operetta and musical ...
as Grégor
References
Bibliography
* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955''. Pygmalion, 1989.
External links
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1952 films
French comedy films
1950s French-language films
1952 comedy films
Films set in Paris
1950s French films
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