''Count Obligado'' (French: ''Le comte Obligado'') is a 1935 French

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directed by

Léon Mathot Léon Mathot (5 March 1886, Roubaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais - 6 March 1968, in Paris) was a French film actor and film director best known perhaps for playing Edmond Dantes in ''The Count of Monte Cristo (1918 series), The Count of Monte Cristo'' se ...

and starring Georges Milton,

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and

Edith Méra Edith Méra (1905–1935) was an Austrian actress known for her roles in French films.Soister p.225 Selected filmography * ''A Star Disappears'' (1932) * ''Miche (film), Miche'' (1932) * ''The Three Musketeers (1932 film), The Three Musketeers'' ...

.Crisp p.401 The film's sets were designed by the

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. It is an adaptation of the 1927 operetta of the same title by André Barde and Raoul Moretti.

Synopsis

Antoine, who works as an

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attendant in a major

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, inherits thirty thousand

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s from a relative. He decides to live in grand style for three days and moves into a

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. Under the name of

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Obligado, he moves amongst the upper-classes of Paris including the owner of the fashion house who sees him as a wealthy potential investor. As the three days are up, Antoine is exposed for what he really is and dismissed. However, he has the last laugh as he wins the

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and is able to acquire the business.

Cast

* Georges Milton as Antoine *

as Xavière de Miranda * Jean Aquistapace as Monsieur de Miranda * Pierre Etchepare as Monsieur d'Amandine *

as Martine de Poligny *

Paulette Dubost Paulette Dubost (8 October 1910 – 21 September 2011) was a French actress who began her career at the age of 7 at the Paris Opera. She appeared in over 250 films and worked with directors such as Marcel Carné, Jean Renoir, Max Ophüls ('' L ...

as Mitaine *

Lucien Callamand Lucien Callamand born Lucien Marie Pascal Eugène Callamand (1 April 1888 in Marseille – 3 December 1968 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes) was one of the earliest French film actors whose career spanned six decades of French cinema. Between 1909 and 1 ...

as Le barman *

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as Robert de Moutiers *

Robert Seller Robert Seller (1889–1967) was a French stage and film actor.Crisp p.156 Also known by his surname, Seller began his film career in 1931 in Maurice de Canonge's film, ''Olive se marie''. He had parts in many films and plays by Sacha Guitry, in ...

as Monsieur de Poligny

References

Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934''. Pygmalion, 1986. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1935 films French comedy films 1935 comedy films 1930s French-language films French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films directed by Léon Mathot Films set in Paris Films scored by Raoul Moretti {{1930s-France-film-stub