''The Pirates of the Bois de Boulogne'' (French: ''Les Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne'') is a 1954 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
Norbert Carbonnaux
Norbert Carbonnaux (28 March 1918 – 6 November 1997), was a French film director and screenwriter.
Filmography
Director
* 1951: ''90 degrés à l'ombre''
* 1953: '' La Tournée des grands ducs''
* 1954: ''The Pirates of the Bois de Boulog ...
and starring
Raymond Bussières
Raymond Bussières (3 November 1907 – 29 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 ...
,
Annette Poivre
Annette Poivre (24 June 1917 – 2 June 1988) was a French stage and film actress.Hayward p.241 She was married to the actor Raymond Bussières with whom she sometimes co-starred. Poivre was noted for her comic performances.
Selected filmography
...
and
Christian Duvaleix
Christian Duvaleix (1923–1979) was a French stage and film actor. He was born in Tunis which was then part of French Tunisia, the son of Albert Duvaleix. He was a character actor appearing in a number of supporting roles. He was one of the memb ...
.
Synopsis
A group of
Paris
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ians are very short of money and desperate. To attract attention they decide to become
shipwreck
A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. Angela Croome reported in January 1999 that there were approximately ...
ed and make a
raft
A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. It is usually of basic design, characterized by the absence of a hull. Rafts are usually kept afloat by using any combination of buoyant materials such as wood, sealed barrel ...
from the wood of the
Bois de Boulogne
The Bois de Boulogne (, "Boulogne woodland") is a large public park located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine. The land was ceded to the city of Paris by t ...
. Setting out from
Saint Tropez
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, postal code = 83990
, image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Saint-Tropez-A (Var).svg
, image flag=Flag of Saint-Tropez.svg
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they do not make it very far across the sea, but their plan is ultimately successful.
Cast
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Raymond Bussières
Raymond Bussières (3 November 1907 – 29 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 Hector Colomb, street singer
*
Annette Poivre
Annette Poivre (24 June 1917 – 2 June 1988) was a French stage and film actress.Hayward p.241 She was married to the actor Raymond Bussières with whom she sometimes co-starred. Poivre was noted for her comic performances.
Selected filmography
...
as Adèle, singer of streets
*
Christian Duvaleix
Christian Duvaleix (1923–1979) was a French stage and film actor. He was born in Tunis which was then part of French Tunisia, the son of Albert Duvaleix. He was a character actor appearing in a number of supporting roles. He was one of the memb ...
as Cyprien, street singer
*
Denise Grey
Denise Grey (born Édouardine Verthuy; 17 September 1896 – 13 January 1996) was an Italian-born actress who became a naturalized French citizen.
Biography
Édouardine Grey was born in Châtillon in the Aosta Valley of north-west Italy, clos ...
as Mrs Grossac, wife of industrialist
*
Véra Norman
Marguerite Trediakowski (28 December 1924 – 19 May 2023), better known as Véra Norman, was a French film actress.
Norman died in Saint-Arnoult, Calvados on 19 May 2023, at the age of 98.
Selected filmography
* ''The Sea Rose'' (1946)
* ''The ...
as Caroline Grossac, the girl
*
Jean Ozenne
Jean may refer to:
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* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
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* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* J ...
as Marcel Grossac, the industrialist
*
Sophie Sel
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People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...
as a servant of "Grossac"
*
Jess Hahn
Jesse Beryle Hahn (October 29, 1921June 29, 1998) was an American- French character actor who mostly starred in French films.
Biography
After serving with the Marines in the Second World War, he moved to France in 1949 and took French citi ...
as the American marine
*
Mario David as the athlete
*
Jacques Ary as gendarme
*
Christian Brocard
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
as the news vendor (uncredited)
*
Laure Paillette Laure may refer to:
* ''Laure'' (film), a 1976 Italian erotic film in the Emmanuelle universe
* ''Doxocopa laure'', commonly known as the Laure, a butterfly
People
* Laura (given name) (French variant)
* Laure (art model) (fl. 1859–1867), Fre ...
as the patroness of café (uncredited)
*
Georges Lautner
Georges Lautner (; 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard.
Lautner's ventures into other genres were less ...
as amateur radio (uncredited)
*
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil ...
as the commissar (uncredited)
*
Olga Sminsky
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* Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha
* Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga"
Places
Russia
* Olga, Russia, ...
(uncredited)
*
Monique Dutot
Monique is a female given name. It is the French form of the name Monica. The name has enjoyed some popularity in the United States since about 1955, and is less common in other English-speaking countries except for Canada although mostly used ...
(uncredited)
*
Antonio Longard
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...
(uncredited)
References
External links
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Les Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne (1954)at the ''Films de France''
1954 films
French comedy films
1950s French-language films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by Norbert Carbonnaux
1954 comedy films
Films scored by Norbert Glanzberg
Films shot in Paris
Films set in Paris
1950s French films
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