''The Treasure of Cantenac'' (French: ''Le trésor de Cantenac'') is a 1950 French comedy film directed by

Sacha Guitry Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and follow ...

and starring Guitry,

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and

Michel Lemoine Michel Lemoine (1922–2013) was a French actor and film director.Senn p.202 Selected filmography Actor * '' After Love'' (1948) * '' Julie de Carneilhan'' (1950) * ''The Treasure of Cantenac'' (1950) * '' The Crossroads'' (1951) * ''Open Letter ...

.Keit p.101 The film's sets were designed by the

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René Renoux.

Cast

as le baron de Cantenac et le conteur *

as Virginie Lacassagne *

as Paul Pidoux * Marcel Simon as le centenaire * René Génin as le maire et le curé * Pauline Carton as Eulalie, la bonne du curé * Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Mme Lacassagne, la mercière *

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as Anselme Fortune, le poivrot *

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as l'idiot du village * Milly Mathis as Madeleine, la patronne du café * Paul Demange as Jean, le mari de Madeleine *

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as Pierre, l'amant de Madeleine *

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as Sidonie, la bergère * Claire Brilletti as Blanche, la nourrice * Maximilienne as Blandine, la petite-fille du centenaire *

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as Marie, la servante du baron * Luce Fabiole as Léonie *

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as Thérèse * Sophie Mallet as Claire *

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as Zoé * Laure Paillette as Lucie *

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as la romanichelle *

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as le docteur * Robert Seller as Isidore * Jacques de Féraudy as Simon *

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as Urbain * André Numès Fils as Gustave * Roger Poirier as Auguste * Georges Bever as Bernard *

Léon Walther Léon Walther (2 June 1874 – 2 March 1973) was a French film and stage actor who played on numerous occasions in Sacha Guitry's films and plays. Filmography * 1935: ''Odette / Déchéance'' by Jacques Houssin – Count Hubert de Clermont- ...

as Firmin * Jacques Sablon as Prosper * René Gréthen as Onésime * Courtet as Elisée * Varougeanne as le gitan * Fouassin as l'unijambiste * Georges Spanelly as l'architecte * Jacques Hérisson * Laverne Fils *

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References

Bibliography

* Keit, Alain. ''Le cinéma de Sacha Guitry: vérités, représentations, simulacres''. Editions du CEFAL, 1999.

External links

* 1950 films French comedy films 1950 comedy films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Sacha Guitry French black-and-white films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub