''Women's Games'' (French: ''Jeux de femmes'') is a 1946 French
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Maurice Cloche
Maurice Cloche (17 June 1907, in Commercy, Meuse (department), Meuse – 20 March 1990, in Bordeaux, France) was a French people, French film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. Best known for his Oscar-winning film ''Monsieur V ...
and starring
Jacques Dumesnil
Jacques Dumesnil (born Marie Émile Eugène André Joly; 9 November 1903 – 8 May 1998) was a French film actor, film and television actor.
Early life
Jacques Dumesnil was born as Marie Émile Eugène André Joly on 9 November 1903, in Paris ...
,
Hélène Perdrière
Hélène Perdrière (born 17 April 1912 in Asnieres-sur-Seine, died 27 August 1992 in Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French stage and film actress.
After earning a first prize for comedy at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in 1928, she bec ...
and
Saturnin Fabre
Saturnin Fabre (; 4 April 1884 – 4 October 1961) was a French film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''La rafale'' (1920) - comte de Bréchebel
* ''Mademoiselle de La Seiglière'' (1921)
* '' The Road Is Fine'' (1930) - Le professeur Pique
* ...
.
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The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Raymond Nègre
Raymond Nègre was a French art director born on 13 July 1908 in Domjulien, Vosges, France and died on the 8th of July 1985 in Créteil (Val-de-Marne). He was active in the film industry from the 1930s until the 1970s in more than sixty films of t ...
.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1946 films
1946 comedy films
French comedy films
1940s French-language films
Films directed by Maurice Cloche
French black-and-white films
1940s French films
French-language comedy films
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