''The Lord's Vineyard'' (French: ''Les Vignes du Seigneur'') is a 1958 French
comedy film
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directed by
Jean Boyer and starring
Fernandel,
Pierre Dux and
Simone Valère. The title is a traditional expression for
drunkenness
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in French. It is based on a play by
Francis de Croisset and
Robert de Flers, which had previously been
adapted into a 1932 film.
[Goble p.1005]
It was shot at the
Billancourt Studios in
Paris
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. The sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Robert Giordani.
Cast
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Fernandel as Henri Lévrier
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Pierre Dux as Comte Hubert Martin de Kardec
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Simone Valère as Gisèle Bourjeon
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Évelyne Dandry as Yvonne Bourjeon
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Charles Bouillaud as Jean - le domestique des Bourjeon
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Mag-Avril as La générale
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Lona Rita as Lulu
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Jeanne Fusier-Gir
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Selected filmography
* '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1 ...
as Tante Aline Tremplin
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Michel Garland as Jack
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Béatrice Bretty as Mme. Bourjeon
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1958 films
French comedy films
1958 comedy films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Jean Boyer
Films shot at Billancourt Studios
French films based on plays
1950s French films
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