''Without Leaving an Address'' (french: ...Sans laisser d'adresse) is a 1951 French
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Jean-Paul Le Chanois. At the
1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the
Golden Bear (Comedies) award.
The film's sets were designed by the
art directors
Max Douy
Max Douy (June 20, 1913 – July 2, 2007) was a French art director.Hayward p.245
Selected filmography
* '' The Rules of the Game'' (1939)
* '' There's No Tomorrow'' (1939)
* ''The Trump Card'' (1942)
* ''Goodbye Leonard'' (1943)
* '' Paris Frill ...
and
Serge Piménoff.
Plot
Thérèse has a child but the father left her without leaving an address. She hires taxi driver Émile to find her lover in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
.
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, was posted at the time.
Life and career
His rotund features and ...
as Émile Gauthier
*
Danièle Delorme as Thérèse Ravenaz
*
Pierre Trabaud as Gaston
*
Arlette Marchal as Madame Forestier
*
Pierre Mondy as Forestier's friend
*
Juliette Gréco
Juliette Gréco (; 7 February 1927 – 23 September 2020) was a French singer and actress. Her best known songs are "Paris Canaille" (1962, originally sung by Léo Ferré), "La Javanaise" (1963, written by Serge Gainsbourg for Gréco) and "Désh ...
as the singer
* Paul Ville as Victor (the agitated driver)
*
Yvette Etiévant
Yvette Etiévant (1922–2003) was a French actress. She starred in Yves Robert's '' War of the Buttons'' (''La Guerre des boutons'') in 1962.
Filmography
*1945: '' Les Dames du bois de Boulogne'' (directed by Robert Bresson) - La bonne
*19 ...
as Adrienne Gauthier (Émile's wife)
* Sophie Leclair as Raymonde (Gaston's girl-friend)
*
Gérard Oury as a journalist
*
France Roche as Catherine
*
Julien Carette as the craftsman
*
Colette Régis as a difficult female customer
* Sylvain as a difficult customer
* Christian Lude as Marcel Forestier (the dentist)
*
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fil ...
as the father-to-be in the waiting room
References
External links
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1951 films
1951 comedy films
French comedy films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois
French black-and-white films
Golden Bear winners
Films produced by Robert Dorfmann
Films scored by Joseph Kosma
1950s French films
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