is a 1952 French

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Marcel Cravenne Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian s ...

and starring

Merle Oberon Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 191123 November 1979) was a British actress. She began her acting career in British cinema in the early 1930s, with a breakout role in ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933). She ...

, Paul Henreid and

Jim Gérald Jim Gérald (4 July 1889 – 2 July 1958) was a French actor. Gérald was born Gérald Ernest Cuénod in Paris. He died in Paris in 1958. Selected filmography * ''La légende de soeur Béatrix'' (1923) - Un soudard * ''The Imaginary Voyage' ...

. It is a

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version of the 1951 film '' The Lady from Boston''. The screenplay concerns an American woman who arrives in a small French town where she has inherited a chateau, only to discover it is already inhabited by squatters.

Cast

- Elizabeth Rockwell * Paul Henreid - Paul Rencourt *

- Monsieur Poisson * Maximilienne - Madame Bleubois *

Alexandre Rignault Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985. Biography He was born on February 14, 1901 in Paris 5th, at his parents' home, rue Guy-de-La-Brosse. H ...

* Paul Bonifas - Monsieur Bleubois * Martial Rèbe - Mobet *

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

- L'inspector *

Marina Vlady Marina Vlady (born 10 May 1938) is a French actress. Biography Vlady was born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the a ...

- La petite Jacqueline * Dora Doll - Yvette * Víctor Merenda - François * Laura Daryl - Mme. Mobet * Gilberte Defoucault - Marie-Claire * Gérard Rosset - Michel * Albert Cullaz - André * André Aversa - Pierrot * Nicole Monnin - Marcella

External links

* 1952 films French comedy films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Marcel Cravenne Films set in France French multilingual films 1950s multilingual films 1952 comedy films French black-and-white films 1950s French films French-language comedy films {{1950s-France-comedy-film-stub