comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.
Origins
Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...
drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
film from 1955, directed by
André Hunebelle
André Hunebelle (; 1 September 1896 – 27 November 1985) was a French maître verrier (master glassmaker) and film director.
Master Glass Artist
After attending polytechnic school for mathematics, he became a decorator, a designer, and then a m ...
Michel Simon
Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss actor of German origin active primarily in France. Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fi ...
. The film is known under the titles "The Impossible Mr. Pipelet" (international English title), "Ma fille et ses amours" Belgium French title), "Mijn dochter is verliefd" (Belgium Flemish title).
Cast
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Michel Simon
Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss actor of German origin active primarily in France. Gaby Morlay : Germaine Martin, wife of Maurice
* Etchika Choureau : Jacqueline Martin, the single daughter of Maurice and Germaine
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Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fi ...
: Uncle Robert, the brother of Germaine and the husband of Mathilda
* Louis Velle : Georges Richet, the son of the owners and doctor-to-be
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Mischa Auer
Mischa Auer (born Mikhail Semyonovich Unkovsky, ; 17 November 1905 – 5 March 1967) was a Russian-American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in film in 1928. Auer had a long career playing in many of the era's ...
: the unsuccessful writer, a lodger
* Maurice Baquet : Jojo, the oldest son of Robert an Mathilde, the boxer
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Jean Brochard
Jean Brochard (; 12 March 1893 – 17 June 1972) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1933 and 1966.
Selected filmography
* '' A Man's Neck'' (1933) - Petit rôle (uncredited)
* ''Boubouroche'' (1933)
* '' ...
: Mr Richet, the businessman who owns the building
* Jean-Jacques Delbo : Mr Francis, Ms's Greta's pimp
* Jacques Dynam : Mr Durand, the father-to-be
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Georgette Anys
Georgette Anys (15 July 1909 – 4 March 1993) was a French film and television actress. A character actress, she appeared mainly in French productions, but also some American films which were shot in Europe including Alfred Hitchcock's '' To Cat ...
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 ...
: the retired colonel, a lodger
* Benoîte Lab : the innkeeper
* Simone Bach : Jacqueline's friend
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Paul Azaïs
Paul François Robert Azaïs (6 May 1902 – 17 November 1974) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1929 and 1966.
Selected filmography
* '' The Three Masks'' (1929) - Le fils Vescotelli
* ''Le défenseur'' ( ...