''The Weaker Sex'' (French: ''Le Sexe faible'') is a 1933 French
comedy film directed by
Robert Siodmak and starring
Mireille Balin,
Victor Boucher and
Pierre Brasseur.
[Oscherwitz & Higgins p.68] It was based on a 1929
stage farce of the same name by
Édouard Bourdet.
It was shot at the
Epinay Studios in
Paris. 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 ...
s
Jacques-Laurent Atthalin and
Hugues Laurent.
Cast
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Victor Boucher as Antoine
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Jeanne Cheirel as Madame Leroy-GĂłmez
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Betty Stockfeld
Betty Stockfeld (15 January 190527 January 1966), often misspelled "Stockfield", was an Australian film actress. She appeared mostly in British and French films.
Betty was the daughter of Sydney businessman Harry Hooper Stockfeld and Susan Eli ...
as Dorothy Freeman
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Marguerite Moreno as La comtesse Polacchi
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Pierre Brasseur as Jimmy
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Mireille Balin as Nicole
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Suzanne Dantès as Christina
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Fernand Fabre
Fernand Fabre (1899–1987) was a French stage, television and film actor.Goble p.49
Selected filmography
* '' The Queen's Necklace'' (1929)
* '' The Indictment'' (1931)
* '' Luck'' (1931)
* '' The Weaker Sex'' (1933)
* '' Madame Bovary'' (193 ...
as Manuel
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Philippe HĂ©riat as Philippe
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Maud Mayer as Clarisse
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José Noguéro as Carlos Pinto
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Nadine Picard as Lily
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Suzy Delair
Suzy Delair (born Suzette Pierrette Delaire; December 31, 1917 – March 15, 2020) was a French actress, dancer, singer, comedian and star of vaudeville.
Early years
Growing up in Montmartre, Delair was the daughter of a father who upholstered ...
as une couturière
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Marcel Maupi as le faux policier
References
Bibliography
*Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, Maryellen. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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External links
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* (small portion of film)
1933 films
French comedy films
1933 comedy films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Robert Siodmak
French films based on plays
Films shot at Epinay Studios
French black-and-white films
1930s French films
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