''Les Lions sont lâchés'' (US title: ''The Lions Are Loose'') is a 1961 French comedy film directed by
Henri Verneuil, and written by
France Roche and
Michel Audiard (dialogue). The music score was by
Georges Garvarentz and the cinematography by
Christian Matras.
It tells the story of three women living in Paris.
Principal cast
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Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director.
Early life
Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland ...
as Didier Marèze
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Claudia Cardinale
Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938), known as Claudia Cardinale (), is an Italian actress.
Born and raised in La Goulette, a neighbourhood of Tunis, Cardinale won the "Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia" competition ...
as Albertine Ferran
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Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (; 1 May 1917 – 17 October 2017) was a French actress of stage, television and film, as well as a singer and dancer.
Beginning in 1931, she appeared in more than 110 films. She was one of France's g ...
as Marie-Laure Robert-Guichard
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Michèle Morgan
Michèle Morgan (; born Simone Renée Roussel; 29 February 1920 – 20 December 2016) was a French film actress, who was a leading lady for three decades in both French cinema and Hollywood features. She is considered one of the greatest Fren ...
as Cécile
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Lino Ventura
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men ...
as Le docteur André Challenberg
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Denise Provence as Hélène Challenberg
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Daniel Ceccaldi as Georges Guichard
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Martine Messager as Florence Guichard
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Darry Cowl as Richard
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Jean Ozenne as Alfred Robert-Guichard
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Francis Nani as Arnaud Guichard
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François Nocher as Gilles
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Louis Arbessier as Frédéric Moine
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Bernard Musson as Gabriel, Butler
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Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour ( ; ; ; born Shahnur Vaghinak Aznavourian; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a Armenians in France, French singer and songwriter of Armenian descent. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringi ...
as himself
External links
''Les Lions sont lâchés''at Alice Cinema
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French black-and-white films
1961 films
Films directed by Henri Verneuil
Films with screenplays by Michel Audiard
1960s French films
Gaumont (company) films
Films scored by Georges Garvarentz
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