''Three Artillerymen at the Opera'' (French: ''Trois artilleurs à l'opéra'') is a 1938 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 André Chotin and starring

Pierre Larquey Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77. Selected filmography * ''Patr ...

Roland Toutain Roland Toutain (October 18, 1905 - October 16, 1977) was a French actor, songwriter and stuntman. He appeared in 55 films between 1924 and 1957, both in leading and supporting roles. Life and career Toutain is known for playing the aviator And ...

and

Paul Azaïs Paul François Robert Azaïs (6 May 1902 – 17 November 1974) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1929 and 1966. Selected filmography * ''The Three Masks'' (1929) - Le fils Vescotelli * ''Le défenseur'' (1 ...

.Rège p.218 The film's sets were designed by the

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René Renoux René Renoux (1904–2000) was a French art director.Buache p.162 Selected filmography * ''The Pure Truth'' (1931) * '' Topaze'' (1933) * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) * ''Speak to Me of Love'' (1935) * ''You Can't Fool Antoinette'' (1936) * '' The Bur ...

Cast

as Zéphitard *

as Jacques Dancourt *

as Billardon *

Louis Baron fils Louis Bouchêne, known as Louis Baron, fils (born Paris 24 December 1870, died Dieppe 30 November 1939), was an actor and singer, who took part in many operettas and comédie-musicales, and was in 30 films between 1929 et 1938. He was the son of ...

as Badaquin *

Georges Bever Georges Bever (1884–1973) was a French film and television actor.Goble p.38 Selected filmography * '' The Crystal Submarine '' (1927) * ''The Man in Evening Clothes'' (1931) * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) * ''Fun in the Barracks'' ( ...

as Le brigadier *

Marcel Carpentier Marcel Maurice Carpentier (2 March 1895 – 14 September 1977) was a French Army general who served in World War I, World War II and First Indochina War. Early life Born on 2 March 1895 in Marseille, he was the eldest son in his family. At 1 ...

as Ducouret *

Marguerite de Morlaye Marguerite de Morlaye (29 January 1870, Saint-Mandé –18 September 1957, Paris) was a French actress. Selected filmography * ''Martyr'' (1927) * '' A Foolish Maiden'' (1929) * '' The Wonderful Day'' (1932) * '' La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933) ...

as La vieille dame *

Irène de Trebert Irène de Trebert (1921–1996) was a French singer, dancer and actress.Larry Portis p.104 A singer of Swing music, she enjoyed great popularity during the years of the German occupation of France despite Nazi disapproval of her style of music. I ...

as Nicole Ducouret * Paul Demange as Le greffier * François Dupriet *

Maxime Fabert Maxime Fabert, real name Robert Émile Jaillon, (7 November 1898 – 1 October 1878) was a French stage and film actor. Maxime Fabert managed the Theater of the Comédie-Wagram from 1946 to 1962. Filmography * 1932 : ''The Nude Woman'' by J ...

as Un soldat * Zizi Festerat * Philippe Grall as Un soldat *

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 Paulette *

Albert Malbert Albert Malbert (1914–1972) was a French film actor.Goble p.66 Selected filmography * ''The Crisis is Over'' (1934) * '' Return to Paradise'' (1935) * ''Bach the Detective'' (1936) * ''Moutonnet'' (1936) * ''The Brighton Twins'' (1936) * ''Culpr ...

as Le brigadier de police *

Maurice Marceau Maurice Marceau (1905-1979) was a French film actor.Vignaux p.242-46 A character actor he appeared in a number of small or supporting roles during the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. Selected filmography * ''Moscow Nights'' (1934) * ''A Rare Bird'' ...

as Un soldat *

Frédéric Mariotti Frédéric Mariotti (1 April 1883 – 22 February 1971) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned more than four decades through the early silent film era into the early 1950s. Biography Frédéric Mariotti was born in Marseille an ...

as Le chauffeur *

Milly Mathis Milly Mathis (September 8, 1901 – March 30, 1965) was a French actress who appeared in more than 100 films during her career. Born on September 8, 1901, as Emilienne Pauline Tomasini in Marseilles, France, she made her film debut with a small, ...

as La patronne de l'hôtel *

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as L'adjudant * Rittche * Betty Stresa *

Marguerite Templey Marguerite Templey (1880–1944) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.113 Selected filmography * '' The Beautiful Adventure'' (1932) * ''L'Épervier ''L'Épervier'' (''The Sparrowhawk''), is a French drama film from 1933, directed and wr ...

as Madame Ducouret

References

Bibliography

* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1938 films French comedy films 1938 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by André Chotin French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub