The Tender Enemy (French: ''La Tendre Ennemie'') is a 1936 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

Max Ophüls Maximillian Oppenheimer (; 6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957), known as Max Ophüls (; ), was a German-French film director who worked in Germany (1931–1933), France (1933–1940 and 1950–1957), and the United States (1947–1950). He made near ...

and starring

Simone Berriau Simone Berriau (21 July 1896 - 26 February 1984) was a French actress. She appeared in more than ten films from 1933 to 1942. Selected filmography References External links * * 1896 births 1984 deaths French film actresses 20th-ce ...

Catherine Fonteney Catherine Fonteney (23 June 1879– 29 April 1966) was a French film actress.Goble p.386 Catherine Fonteney was born Marie Alexandrine Catherine Fontaine in Paris and died in Dijon. Selected filmography * '' Romain Kalbris'' (1923) * '' The Sec ...

and

Laure Diana Laure Diana (1897–1980) was a French film actress.St. Pierre p.205 Selected filmography * ''Samson'' (1936) * ''The Tender Enemy'' (1936) * '' Wolves Between Them'' (1936) * '' A Woman of No Importance'' (1937) * ''Three Waltzes ''Three Walt ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Jacques Gotko.

Cast

as Annette Dupont, l'ennemie *

as La Mère *

as La Poule * Jacqueline Daix as Line - la fille de l'ennemie *

Georges Vitray Georges Vitray (1888–1960) was a French film actor.Crisp p.155 Biography Georges Victor Leporcher was born in Paris, France to Constant Leporcher and Victorine Victoire Bricier. Georges took the name Vitray as a stage name. Georges' mother ...

as Dupont *

Lucien Nat Lucien Nat (born Lucien Maurice Natte; 11 January 1895 – 25 July 1972) was a French film, stage and television actor.McCann p.95 He was married to the actress Marie Déa. Selected filmography * ''Fun in the Barracks'' (1932) - Maréchal des L ...

as Le Promis *

Pierre Finaly Pierre Finaly (1889–1937) was a French stage and film actor.Goble p.477 Finaly was born into a family with Hungarian Jewish roots and died in Paris. Selected filmography * ''The Darling of Paris'' (1931) * '' Maurin of the Moors'' (1932) * ''C ...

as L'oncle Émile * Henri Marchand as Extra * as Le Fiancé *

Camille Bert Camille Bert (1880–1970) was a French actor. Born Camille Léon Louis Bertrand in Orléans, he died in Paris in 1970. Selected filmography * ''Le secret de Rosette Lambert'' (1920) * ''The Thruster'' (1924) * ''The Lady of Lebanon (1926 film), ...

as Docteur Desmoulins

References

Bibliography

* Williams, Alan L. ''Republic of Images: A History of French Filmmaking''. Harvard University Press, 1992.

External links

* 1936 comedy films 1936 films French comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Max Ophüls Pathé films French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub