''Tuesday's Guest'' (French: ''L'invité du mardi'') is a 1950 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Jacques Deval
Jacques Deval (1895–1972) was a French playwright, screenwriter and film director.
Novels
*''Marie Galante'' (1931)
Plays
*''Une faible femme''; a comedy in three acts (1920)
*''Dans sa candeur naïve''; a comedy in three acts (1926); translate ...
and starring
Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier (11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor.
He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute
The Pasteur Institute (french: Institut Pasteur) is a French ...
,
Michel Auclair
Michel Auclair (born Vladimir Vujović, sr-cyr, Владимир Вујовић; 14 September 1922 – 7 January 1988) was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema.
Auclair was born to a Serbian father ...
and
Madeleine Robinson
Madeleine Robinson (born Madeleine Svoboda; 5 November 1917 – 1 August 2004) was a French actress. She was born to a French mother and Czech father near Paris. She was orphaned at the age of 14, and worked to support herself and her two young ...
.
[Durant p.263] It was adapted by Deval from his own play.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director Robert Clavel
Robert Clavel (1912–1991) was a French art director.Hayward p.245
Selected filmography
* '' All Roads Lead to Rome'' (1949)
* '' Tuesday's Guest'' (1950)
* ''Old Boys of Saint-Loup'' (1950)
* '' The Paris Waltz'' (1950)
* '' Passion'' (1951)
* ...
.
Cast
*
Bernard Blier
Bernard Blier (11 January 1916 – 29 March 1989) was a French character actor.
He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father, a researcher at the Pasteur Institute
The Pasteur Institute (french: Institut Pasteur) is a French ...
as Charles Josse
*
Michel Auclair
Michel Auclair (born Vladimir Vujović, sr-cyr, Владимир Вујовић; 14 September 1922 – 7 January 1988) was an actor of Serbian and French ancestry, known best for his roles in French cinema.
Auclair was born to a Serbian father ...
as Maurice Vineuse
*
Madeleine Robinson
Madeleine Robinson (born Madeleine Svoboda; 5 November 1917 – 1 August 2004) was a French actress. She was born to a French mother and Czech father near Paris. She was orphaned at the age of 14, and worked to support herself and her two young ...
as Fernande Josse
*
Nadine Alari
Nadine Alari (born Bernadette Nicole Frédérique Bovarie; 23 February 1927 – 24 November 2016) was a French film and television actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Jericho'' (1946)
* '' Tuesday's Guest'' (1950)
* '' Great Man'' (1951)
* ...
as Ginette
*
Lucien Guervil
*
Bernadette Lange
*
Geneviève Morel
Geneviève Morel (1916–1989) was a French stage and film actress.Bessy & Chirat p.233
Selected filmography
* '' Beating Heart'' (1940)
* '' Mademoiselle Swing'' (1942)
* ''Goodbye Leonard'' (1943)
* '' Secrets of a Ballerina'' (1943)
* ''Ceci ...
as La patronne
*
Suzanne Courtal
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People
* Suzanne (given name), a feminine given name (including a list of people with the name)
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* Suzanne, pen name of Renée Méndez ...
*
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'' ( ...
*
Jacques Dynam
Jacques Dynam (30 December 1923 – 12 November 2004) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1942 and 2004, among which the ''Fantomas'' saga.
Selected filmography
* ''La symphonie fantastique'' (1942) - (uncre ...
as Jean Gompers
*
Jean Berton
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
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* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* ...
as Un agent
*
Christine Covil as Petit rôle
*
Paule Launay
Paule (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Paule are called ''paulois'' in French.
Geography
Paule is located on the northern slope of the Montagnes Noires (frenc ...
*
Lucienne Legrand as Petit rôle
*
Jean Sylvère
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* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
Fictional characters
* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* ...
as L'employé de la SNCF
References
Bibliography
* Philippe Durant. ''Bernard Blier, itinéraire''. Favre, 2009.
External links
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1950 drama films
French drama films
1950 films
1950s French-language films
Films based on works by Jacques Deval
French films based on plays
Gaumont Film Company films
French black-and-white films
1950s French films
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