''Holiday'' (French: ''Vacances'') is a 1931 French

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directed by

Robert Boudrioz Robert Pierre Frédéric Boudrioz (12 February 1887 – 22 June 1949) was a French screenwriter and film director. Boudrioz was born in Versailles and died in Paris. Selected filmography Director * ''Tom Thumb (1920 film), Tom Thumb'' (1920) * '' ...

and starring

Florelle Florelle (born Odette Élisa Joséphine Marguerite Rousseau, 9 August 1898 – 28 September 1974) was a French soprano singer and actress. She gained fame as Polly Peachum in the French film ''The Threepenny Opera'', after which she had numerou ...

Lucien Gallas Lucien Gallas (March 23, 1904 – May 26, 1967) was a French stage and film actor.Waldman p.165 He was married to the actress Ginette Leclerc. Selected filmography * ''Holiday'' (1931) * '' Billeting Order'' (1932) * '' Little Jacques'' (193 ...

and Georges Charlia. It is an adaptation of the French play of the same name by René Besson and Georges Fabret. The film's sets were designed by the

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Georges Wakhévitch Georges Wakhévitch (; Georgy Leonidovich Vakhevich; August 18, 1907 in Odessa, Russian Empire – February 11, 1984 in Paris) was a Russian-born French art director. The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He grew up in Par ...

Plot summary

Cast

as Paulette *

as Jacques Sarmette * Georges Charlia as Millet * Rachelly as La servante de l'auberge *

Pierre Juvenet Pierre Juvenet (1883–1951) was a French stage and film actor.Powrie p.231 A character actor, he appeared in more than a hundred films frequently portraying officials and authority figures. Selected filmography * '' The Mystery of the Yellow Ro ...

as Le Hubleau-Mornac

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1931 films French comedy films 1931 comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Robert Boudrioz French films based on plays Gaumont (company) films French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films scored by Lionel Cazaux {{1930s-France-film-stub