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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. It was shot at the

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and on location in the

Loire-Atlantique Loire-Atlantique (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Louére-Atantique''; ; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', ) is a departments of France, department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. ...

department and around

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It premiered at the 1949 Venice Film Festival.Petrucci p.53

Cast

as Pierre Massot *

Jean Davy Jean Davy (15 October 1911 – 5 February 2001) was a French film, stage voice actor. Career He was a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française, Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française. In the premiere production of ''Antigone (Anouilh play), Antig ...

as Le curé Antonin *

as Mademoiselle Guérande *

as Mademoiselle Chamblas *

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as Dédée la Balafrée *

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as Maria Lambert *

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as Gaby 'Facture' *

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as Margot *

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as Lucienne *

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as Anna * Mistigri as Rosa *

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as Camille *

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as Henriette *

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as Clarisse *

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 Rachel * Janine Villard as Marcelle * Thérèse Flore as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Violette Salvat as Adèle * Caroline Carlotti as Fernande * Suzanne Bernard as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Ketty Albertini as Paulette * Jacqueline Bouckère as Irma * Yvette Pécheux as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Florence Luchaire as Julie *

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as Suzy *

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as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Claude Mandel as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère *

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as Madame Bardin la Directrice *

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as Madame Rubini * Lily Mounet as Madame Maupin * Georgine Tisel as Mademoiselle Vendenasse * Ève Morlot as Madame Dulot *

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as La fille de cuisine *

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as Madame Barattier la Patronne de l'Auberge *

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as Monsieur Barattier le Patron de l'Auberge * Jacques Reynier as Le brigadier *

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as Premier gendarme *

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as Second gendarme * Henri Coutet as Garrat le Camionneur * Max Dejean as L'homme de la Digue * Françoise Adam as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Annette as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Marie-Hélène Bailly as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Nadine Bellaigue as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Mireille Colussi as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Irène Daniel as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Jeanne Daury as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Monique Gérard as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Zaura Ilami as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Catherine Le Couey as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Monique Lénier as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère *

Hélène Rémy Hélène Rémy (born 1932) is a retired French film actress. She spent much of her career working in the Italian film industry.Curti p.62 Selected filmography * '' Cage of Girls'' (1949) * '' The Sinners'' (1949) * '' Sending of Flowers'' (1950 ...

as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère * Georgette Stephan as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère *

Nadine Tallier Nadine de Rothschild (née Nadine Nelly Jeannette Lhopitalier; born 18 April 1932) is a French author and former actress. She is the widow of banker Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild, a member of the Rothschild family. Biography Nadine Lhopitalier ...

as Une pensionnaire de la Maison Haute Mère *

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as Un gendarme

References

Bibliography

* Armes, Roy. ''French Cinema''. Secker & Warburg, 1985/ * McCann, Ben. ''Julien Duvivier''. Manchester University Press, 2017. * Petrucci, Antonio. ''Twenty Years of Cinema in Venice''. International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art, 1952. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1949 films French drama films 1949 drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Julien Duvivier French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films shot at Billancourt Studios Films with screenplays by Henri Jeanson {{1940s-France-film-stub