''A Strange Kind of Colonel'' (French:''Un drôle de colonel'') is a 1968 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
Jean Girault and starring
Jean Lefebvre
Jean Marcel Lefebvre (3 October 1919Some sources indicate he was born in 1922. – 9 July 2004) was a French film actor.
His erratic studies were interrupted by World War II. Taken prisoner and then requisitioned as a laborer, he escaped to joi ...
,
Jean Yanne and
Pascale Roberts.
[Rège p.444]
Cast
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Jean Lefebvre
Jean Marcel Lefebvre (3 October 1919Some sources indicate he was born in 1922. – 9 July 2004) was a French film actor.
His erratic studies were interrupted by World War II. Taken prisoner and then requisitioned as a laborer, he escaped to joi ...
as Cutterfeet
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Jean Yanne as Barton
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Pascale Roberts as Marina
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Jean Le Poulain
Jean Le Poulain (12 September 1924 – 1 March 1988) was a French stage actor and stage director.
He attended the cours Simon in Paris and won the first prize of Comedy at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in 1949. He was t ...
as Le pasteur
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Jacques Dynam as Le policeman / Policeman
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Henri Virlojeux
Henri Virlogeux (22 March 1924 – 19 December 1995) was a French actor. He is known for "The 400 Blows" (1959), "Les rois maudits" (1972) and "Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur" (1971). He was married to Véronique Silver. He died on December 19, ...
as Le savant / Trilby Beach
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Pierre Tornade as Un inspecteur
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Florence Blot as Hortense Tito
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Françoise Girault
Françoise () is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the Italian Francesca) and may refer to:
* Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (1772–1816), French actress
* Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711), French adventuress
* Françoise Adnet ...
as Terry
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Jean Valmont
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
Fictional characters
* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Jean ...
as Smith
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Michel Galabru as Le colonel
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Maria Pacôme
Maria Pacôme (18 July 1923 – 1 December 2018) was a French actress and playwright.
Biography
Born on 18 July 1923 in Paris, Maria Pacôme was the daughter of Maurice Pacôme and Germaine Hivonait. Her father was deported to Buchenwald conc ...
as Aurélia
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Michel Ardan
''From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes'' (french: De la Terre à la Lune, trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes) is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil W ...
as Le journaliste
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Yves Barsacq
Yves Barsacq (17 June 1931 – 4 October 2015) was a French film actor, who appeared in more than 150 films. He is the son of the French-Russian production designer Léon Barsacq and the nephew of the French theatre director André Barsacq.
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as Le patron du pub
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Robert Rollis
Robert Rollis (16 March 1921 - 6 November 2007) was a French actor. He mainly starred as a film actor, but also appeared in television and also in theatre in the 1950s and early 1960s. Amongst many roles, he starred in Yves Robert's '' War of th ...
as Le cireur
References
Bibliography
* Philippe Rège. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1968 films
French comedy films
1968 comedy films
1960s French-language films
Films directed by Jean Girault
Films set in London
1960s French films
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