''Heaven Sent '' (french: Un drôle de paroissien) is a 1963 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-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019), pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
Mocky was born in Nice, France to Polish immigrant parents, Jeanne Zylinska ...
.
It was entered into the
13th Berlin International Film Festival
The 13th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1963. The Golden Bear was awarded ''ex aequo'' to the Italian film ''Il diavolo'' directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro and Japanese film '' Bushidô zankoku monogatari ...
.
The film has been released under the name ''Heaven Sent'' in the English speaking world.
Plot
Georges Lachaunaye is a young member of an impoverished family of ancient nobility. His lack of financial means and his disdain for labour make him a thief who helps himself by robbing the collection boxes of churches.
Cast
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Bourvil
André Robert Raimbourg (; 27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), better known as André Bourvil (), and mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Louis ...
as Georges Lachaunaye
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Francis Blanche
François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s.
Early life
Blanche was ...
as Chief Insp. Cucherat
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Jean Poiret as Raoul
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Jean Yonnel
Jean Yonnel (21 July 1891 – 17 August 1968) was a Romanian-born French actor.
Yonnel was born in Bucharest, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It bo ...
as Mattieu Lachesnaye, Georges' father
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Jean Tissier as Brigadier Bridoux
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Véronique Nordey as Françoise Lachaunaye
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Bernard Lavalette as the Police Prefect
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Marcel Pérès
Marcel Pérès (born 15 July 1956, Oran, Algeria) is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early music group Ensemble Organum. He is an authority on Gregorian and pre-Gregorian chant.
Pérès w ...
as Raillargaud (as Marcel Perez)
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Jean Galland
Jean Galland (1887–1967) was a French film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Fantômas'' (1932)
* ''The Oil Sharks'' (1933)
* ''The Barber of Seville'' (1933)
* '' The Scandal'' (1934)
* '' Princesse Tam Tam'' (1935)
* ''Whirlpool of Desire'' (1 ...
as the college principal / the bishop
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Solange Certain as Juliette Lachaunaye, Georges's wife
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Denise Péronne
Denise may refer to:
* Denise (given name), people with the given name ''Denise''
* Denise (computer chip), a video graphics chip from the Amiga computer
* "Denise" (song), a 1963 song by Randy & the Rainbows
* Denise, Mato Grosso, a municipalit ...
as Aunt Clair
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Roger Legris as the beadle at the church of Saint-Étienne du Mont
References
External links
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1963 films
1963 comedy films
French black-and-white films
Films directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky
French comedy films
1960s French-language films
1960s French films
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