''The Case of Doctor Laurent'' (French: ''Le cas du Docteur Laurent'') is a 1957 French

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directed by

Jean-Paul Le Chanois Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film '' ...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award at the 1st ...

and starring

Jean Gabin Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976) was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films including ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937), ''La grande illusion'' (1937), ''Le Quai des brumes'' ( ...

Nicole Courcel Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu (21 October 1931 – 25 June 2016), better known as Nicole Courcel, was a French actress who achieved popularity through the 1950s and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France. Born in Saint-Cloud, in ...

and

Silvia Monfort Silvia Monfort (born Simone Marguerite Favre-Bertin; 6 June 1923 – 30 March 1991) was a French actress and theatre director. She was the daughter of the sculptor Charles-Maurice Favre-Bertin and the wife of Pierre Gruneberg. She was named a ...

.Harriss p.196 It was made at the Photosonor Studios in

Courbevoie Courbevoie () is a commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine Department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is in the suburbs of the city of Paris, from the center of Paris. The centre of Courbevoie is situated from the city limits of Par ...

on the outskirts of

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with

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taking place around

Saint-Martin-Vésubie Saint-Martin-Vésubie (; Vivaro-Alpine dialect, Vivaro-Alpine: ''Sant Martin de Lantosca'') is a Communes of France, commune of the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southe ...

and

Venanson Venanson (; oc, Venaçon; it, Venanzone, formerly) is a rural commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2020, it had a population of 173. Demographics See also * Commu ...

in the

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. 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 ...

Serge Piménoff Serge Piménoff (1895–1960) was a Russian-born French art director. He designed the sets for the 1958 film ''Les Misérables''.Hayward p.232 Selected filmography * '' Nights of Princes'' (1930) * '' The Unknown Singer'' (1931) * '' Sailor's Song ...

Cast

as Le docteur J. Laurent *

as Francine *

as Catherine Loubet *

Henri Arius Henri Arius (1897–1968) was a French film and stage actor. Crisp p.176 A character actor he appeared in a large number of films in wartime and post-war France. Selected filmography * '' Jeannou'' (1943) * ''Rooster Heart'' (1946) * ''Inspector ...

as Le docteur A. Bastid * Daxely as M. Simonet, le boulanger *

Lucien Callamand Lucien Callamand born Lucien Marie Pascal Eugène Callamand (April 1, 1888, in Marseille – December 3, 1968, in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes) was one of the earliest French film actors whose career spanned six decades of French cinema. Between 1909 ...

as M. Bertrand - le directeur de l'école *

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as M. Roux * Mag-Avril as Céline * Marthe Marty as La mère de Franchine *

Germaine de France Germaine may refer to: Given name *Germaine Arnaktauyok (born 1946), Inuk printmaker, painter, and drawer *Germaine Cousin (1579-1601), French saint *Germaine Greer (born 1939), feminist writer and academic *Germaine Koh (born 1967), Malaysian-born ...

as Mme Vanolli * Raymone as La mère Loubet *

Orane Demazis Orane Demazis (4 September 1894 – 25 December 1991) was a French actress. Biography Born Henriette Marie Louise Burgart in Oran, French Algeria, in a family of Alsatian origin, Demazis entered the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur d'A ...

as La veuve Escalin * Yvonne Gamy as La sage-femme traditionnaliste * Henri-Jacques Huet as Antonin Escallin * Viviane Méry as Une habitante * Riri Berty as Mme Simonet, la boulangère *

Paul Bonifas Paul Bonifas (3 June 1902 – 9 November 1975) was a French actor, born in Paris. Career In the 1920s, while working for the French customs service, Bonifas took classes in acting at the Conservatoire de Paris in his spare time. He left wit ...

as Guillaumin * Jean Panisse as L'homme au poulain *

Antoine Balpêtré Antoine Balpêtré (3 May 1898 – 28 March 1963) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1933 and 1963. Partial filmography * '' The Agony of the Eagles'' (1933) - Le commandant Thiéry * '' The House ...

as Docteur René Vanolli *

Roger Karl Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...

as Docteur Guillot * Robert Moor as Un docteur *

Michel Barbey Michel Barbey (1927-) is a French stage, film, and television actor known for his comic roles. He starred in the 1950 film '' Dominique''.Goble p.346 Selected filmography * ''Lawless Roads'' (1947) * ''Rendezvous in July'' (1949) * '' The Wolf'' ...

as André Loubet *

Georges Lannes Georges Lannes (27 October 1895 – 8 July 1983) was a French film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during his career including '' André Cornélis'' (1927).Goble p.50 Selected filmography * '' The Mysteries of Paris'' (1922) * '' ...

as Docteur Ripert

References

Bibliography

* Harriss, Joseph. ''Jean Gabin: The Actor Who Was France''. McFarland, 2018.

External links

* 1957 films 1957 drama films French drama films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois Films scored by Joseph Kosma Films with screenplays by René Barjavel 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub