''Bécassine'' is a 1940
French comedy film
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directed by
Pierre Caron and starring
Max Dearly,
Paulette Dubost
Paulette Dubost (8 October 1910 – 21 September 2011) was a French actress who began her career at the age of 7 at the Paris Opera.
She appeared in over 250 films and worked with directors such as Marcel Carné, Jean Renoir, Max Ophüls ('' L ...
and
Marguerite Deval. It is an adaptation of the French comic series ''
Bécassine''. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Jean Douarinou.
Cast
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Paulette Dubost
Paulette Dubost (8 October 1910 – 21 September 2011) was a French actress who began her career at the age of 7 at the Paris Opera.
She appeared in over 250 films and worked with directors such as Marcel Carné, Jean Renoir, Max Ophüls ('' L ...
as Bécassine
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Max Dearly as Monsieur Proey-Minans
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Marguerite Deval as Madame Tampico
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Marcel Vallée
Marcel Vallée (15 January 1880, in Paris – 31 October 1957, in Fontaine-le-Port) was a French actor, primarily of the theater. He began working in films with Max Linder in 1906. He appeared in some American films.
Selected filmography
* '' ...
as L'oncle
*
Annie France as Annie de Grand-Air
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Alice Tissot as La marquise de Grand-Air
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Nita Raya as Arlette
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Daniel Clérice as José Tampico
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José Sergy
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In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...
as Chancerelle
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Roger Legris
Roger Legris (3 July 1898 – 22 May 1981) was a French actor.
Selected filmography
* '' On the Streets'' (1933)
* '' Skylark'' (1934)
* '' The House on the Dune'' (1934)
* '' The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935)
* '' Counsel for Romance'' (1936)
* ...
as Ilario
See also
*''
Bécassine'' (2018)
Bibliography
* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950''. Pygmalion, 1986
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1940 films
1940 comedy films
1940s French-language films
Films based on French comics
Films directed by Pierre Caron
Live-action films based on comics
French black-and-white films
French comedy films
1940s French films
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