''The Prettiest Sin in the World'' (French: ''Le plus joli péché du monde'') is a 1951 French
romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...
directed by
Gilles Grangier
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film '' Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin In ...
and starring
Georges Marchal
Georges Marchal (10 January 1920 – 28 November 1997) was a French actor.
Born Georges Louis Lucot in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, the strikingly handsome Marchal was discovered in the early-1940s by director Jean Grémillon. By the earl ...
,
Dany Robin
Dany Robin (; 14 April, 1927 – 25 May, 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s.
Career
Robin was born Danielle Robin in Clamart. She performed with Peter Sellers in ''The Waltz of the Toreadors'', and co-starred opposite Kirk Do ...
and
Marthe Mercadier
Marthe Mercadier (23 October 1928 – 15 September 2021) was a French actress.
Filmography
Awards
* In 1974, she was named Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
* In 1989, she won the ''Molière Award'' of the Best Comic Show.
* In 2007, she was n ...
.
[Rège p.462] The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Emile Alex.
Cast
*
Georges Marchal
Georges Marchal (10 January 1920 – 28 November 1997) was a French actor.
Born Georges Louis Lucot in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, the strikingly handsome Marchal was discovered in the early-1940s by director Jean Grémillon. By the earl ...
as Jacques Lebreton
*
Dany Robin
Dany Robin (; 14 April, 1927 – 25 May, 1995) was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s.
Career
Robin was born Danielle Robin in Clamart. She performed with Peter Sellers in ''The Waltz of the Toreadors'', and co-starred opposite Kirk Do ...
as Zoé
*
Marthe Mercadier
Marthe Mercadier (23 October 1928 – 15 September 2021) was a French actress.
Filmography
Awards
* In 1974, she was named Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
* In 1989, she won the ''Molière Award'' of the Best Comic Show.
* In 2007, she was n ...
as Liliane
*
Bernard Lajarrige
Bernard La Jarrige (25 February 1912 – 29 May 1999) was a French film and television actor.Paietta p.17 His name is sometimes written as Bernard Lajarrige.
Selected filmography
* '' Orage'' (1938) - Un copain (uncredited)
* ''La cité des lumi ...
as Bébert / Albert Pignol
*
Ginette Baudin
Ginette Baudin (1921–1971) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.471 She was married to the actor Andrex.
Selected filmography
* ''The Stairs Without End'' (1943)
* ''Son of France'' (1946)
* ''The Beautiful Trip'' (1947)
* ''The Unexpect ...
as Christine de Villard-Beauperthuis
*
Albert Duvaleix
Albert Duvaleix (1893-1962) was a French stage and film actor. Bessy & Chirat p.138 A character actor he appeared in a number of supporting roles in French comedies and drama films. His son Christian Duvaleix also became an actor.
Selected filmo ...
as M. Durozoir
*
Rivers Cadet
Rivers Cadet (1 March 1892 – 1 November 1968) was a French actor.
Cadet was born Jean Maurice Large in Paris. He was the brother of Fernand Rivers.
Selected filmography
* '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932)
* '' The Ironmaster'' (1933)
* '' Th ...
as Le maire
*
Edmond Ardisson
Edmond Ardisson (23 October 1904, in Marseille – 30 November 1983, in Jouarre
Jouarre () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Jouarre Abbey
It is the site of the Jouarre Abbey, a ...
as Victor
*
Harry-Max
Harry-Max (born Maxime Louis Charles Dichamp; 23 November 1901 – 13 March 1979) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1938 to 1975.
Filmography
References
External links
*
1901 births
1979 deaths
...
as Le patron
*
Colette Régis
Colette Régis (1893–1978) was a French film actress.Hayward p.280
Selected filmography
* ''Rasputin'' (1938) - Une religieuse (uncredited)
* ''Three Waltzes'' (1938) - Sarah Bernhardt
* ''La Bête Humaine'' (1938) - Victoire Pecqueux
* ''Tro ...
as Mme Lebreton
*
Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...
as Georges Lebreton
*
Gabrielle Roanne
Gabrielle may refer to:
* Gabrielle (given name), a French female given name derived from Gabriel
Film and television
* ''Gabrielle'' (1954 film), a Swedish film directed by Hasse Ekman
* ''Gabrielle'' (2005 film), a French film directed by Pa ...
as La mère de Christine
*
Yves-Marie Maurin as Le petit Popaul
*
Alexandre Rignault
Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985.
Selected filmography
External links
*
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1901 births
1985 deaths
...
as Grasdu
*
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 Clément Lebreton
References
Bibliography
* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950''. Pygmalion, 1986
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1951 films
French comedy films
1951 comedy films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Gilles Grangier
French black-and-white films
1950s French films
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