''Véronique'' is a 1950 French

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musical comedy film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Jean Desailly, Marina Hotine and Gisèle Pascal. An operetta film, it is based on the 1888 work '' Véronique'' composed by André Messager with a

libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...

Georges Duval Georges-Louis-Jacques Labiche (26 October 1772 – 21 May 1853), better known as Georges Duval, was an early 19th-century French playwright. Biography Duval was originally expected to become a priest, but the French Revolution occurred when ...

and

Albert Vanloo Albert Vanloo (; Brussels, 10 September 1846 – 1920, Paris) was a Belgium, Belgian librettist and playwright. Vanloo lived in Paris as a child and was attracted to the theatre. As a young student he began writing plays and opéra comique libret ...

.Goble p.141 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 ...

René Moulaert.

Cast

* Jean Desailly as Florestan * Marina Hotine as Véronique * Gisèle Pascal as Estelle *

Mila Parély Mila Parély (7 October 1917 – 14 January 2012), born Olga Colette Peszynski, was a French actress of Polish ancestry best known for the roles of Félicie, Belle's eldest sister, in Jean Cocteau's '' La Belle et la Bête'' (1946), and as Gen ...

as Agathe * Jean Marchat as Le baron *

Pierre Bertin Pierre Victor Théophile Bertin (24 October 1891 – 13 May 1984) was a French stage and film actor. In 1948, he starred in the film '' The Lame Devil'' under Sacha Guitry. He was the librettist of the opéra-comique ''La Gageure imprévue ...

as Croquenard * Denis d'Inès as Le marquis * Roland Armontel as Loustot *

Noël Roquevert Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...

as Joseph * Philippe Richard as Le bourgeois * Maurice Schutz as Le vieux gentilhomme * Made Siamé as Mme Hortense *

Sylvain Sylvain is the French form of Silvanus. It may refer to: People *Sylvain Archambault, Canadian director *Sylvain Bied (1965–2011), French footballer and manager *Sylvain Cappell (born 1946), American mathematician *Sylvain Chavanel (born 1979) ...

as Sergent Mercier * Jean Témerson as Me Corbin * Paul Villé as L'aubergiste *

Sophie Leclair Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise". People with the name Born in the Middle Ages * Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson * Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of ...

as Une vendeuse * Yette Lucas as Une invitée * Albert Malbert as Le gardien * Christiane Mayo as Sylvie * Daniel Mendaille as Le directeur de la prison *

Jane Morlet Jane may refer to: * Jane (given name), a feminine given name * Jane (surname), related to the given name Film and television * ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd * ''Jane'' (2016 film), a South Korean drama fil ...

as La femme de l'aubergiste * Henri Coutet as Le garçon * Max Dalban as Le déménageur * Arthur Devère as Le cocher

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1950 films French musical films 1950 musical films French comedy films 1950 comedy films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Robert Vernay French black-and-white films 1950s French films Films based on operettas Operetta films French historical films 1950s historical films Films set in the 1840s {{1950s-France-film-stub