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Cast
| Sacha Guitry | ... |
Désiré Tronchais, valet de chambre
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| Jacqueline Delubac | ... |
Odette Cléry
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Jacques Baumer | ... |
Felix Montignac
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| Saturnin Fabre | ... |
Adrien Corniche
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Alys Delonce | ... |
Henriette Corniche, femme d'Adrien
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| Arletty | ... |
Madeleine Crapicheau, la femme de chambre
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| Pauline Carton | ... |
Adèle Vazavoir, la cuisinière
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Geneviève Vix | ... |
La comtesse
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Directed by
| Sacha Guitry | ||
Written by
| Sacha Guitry | ... | (play) |
Produced by
| Serge Sandberg | ... | producer |
Music by
| Adolphe Borchard | ||
Cinematography by
| Jean Bachelet | ||
Editing by
| Myriam Borsoutsky | ... | (as Myriam) |
Production Design by
| Jean Perrier | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Gilles Grangier | ... | assistant director |
| Guy Lacourt | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Norbert Gernolle | ... | sound |
Script and Continuity Department
| Jeanne Étiévant | ... | script girl |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Films Sonores Tobis (1937) (France) (theatrical) (as Les Films Sonores Tobis)
- Orbis-Filmverleih (1938) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Studiocanal Vidéo (1993) (France) (VHS) (as Canal+ Vidéo)
- Gaumont Vidéo (2007) (France) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Studios François Ier (studio)
- Western Electric (sound re-recording)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Shavian social satire. Odette is an actress who's now the mistress of a government minister. Her household of cook, maid, and chauffeur needs a valet. On the eve of going with the minister to Deauville, she engages Désiré, a robust and talkative man, even through his most recent employer, a countess, intimates improprieties. Things go well for a short time: the wealthy talk about the servants, the servants talk about their employers. Then, Désiré has explicit dreams about Odette; his outbursts wake the maid in the next room nightly. Odette has the same dream each night, awaking the minister and his jealousy. Is there any decorous way to handle these subconscious attractions?
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Included in the "Eclipse Series 22: Presenting Sacha Guitry" DVD set, released by Criterion. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Remade as Desired (1995). See more » |