''Fandango'' is a 1949 French

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directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring

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Ludmilla Tchérina Ludmilla Tchérina (born Monique Tchemerzine; 10 October 1924 – 21 March 2004) was a French prima ballerina and actress. Biography She studied with Blanche d'Alessandri, Olga Preobrajenska and Clustine. She started dancing at 16 and danced ...

and

Annette Poivre Annette Poivre (24 June 1917 – 2 June 1988) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Hayward p.241 She was married to the actor Raymond Bussières with whom she sometimes co-starred. Poivre was noted for her comic performances. Selected ...

.The International Film Musical p.32 It was shot at the

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Jean Douarinou Jean Douarinou (1906–1987) was a French art director.Hayward p.440 He was born in Indochina which was then a French colonial possession. He was the elder brother of the cinematographer Alain Douarinou. Selected filmography * ''Madame Angot's Dau ...

Synopsis

In the Basque Country two friends are in love with the woman of an

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they frequent. Things are thrown into doubt when one of them is offered the chance to launch a singing career in

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Cast

as José *

as Angélica *

Raymond Bussières Raymond Bussières (3 November 1907 – 29 April 1982) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films from 1933 to 1982. He was born in Ivry-la-Bataille and died in Paris. He is buried in Marchenoir. He was married to the actre ...

as François *

as Annette * Edmond Audran as Paul *

Fernand Rauzéna Fernand is a masculine given name of French origin. The feminine form is Fernande. Fernand may refer to: People Given name * Fernand Augereau (1882–1958), French cyclist * Fernand Auwera (1929–2015), Belgian writer * Fernand Baldet (18 ...

as M. Carlo *

Georgette Tissier Georgette Tissier (1910–1959) was a French actress.Desrichard p.179 She was the wife of the actor Jean Tissier. Selected filmography * ''Metropolitan'' (1939) * ''The Lover of Borneo'' (1942) * ''The Black Cavalier'' (1945) * '' The Eleventh Ho ...

as La mariée *

Jean Tissier Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor.Goble p.440 A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier. Selected filmogr ...

as M. Fleur *

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 beau-père *

Robert Dalban Robert Dalban (born Gaston Barré; 19 July 1903 – 3 April 1987) was a French actor. His work included stage acting, roles in TV shows and dubbing American stars. Moreover, he was a fixture in French cinema for many decades. Selected filmogra ...

as L'inspecteur *

Claire Gérard Claire Gérard (1889–1971) was a Belgian stage and film actress. She appeared regularly in French cinema in supporting roles. Selected filmography * '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1932) * '' Jeanne'' (1934) * '' If I Were Boss'' ...

as La grand-mère * Hennery as Bouffartigue *

Liliane Lesaffre Liliane is a given name for women, most often used where French is spoken, a variant of Lillian and Lily. People with this name *Liliane Ackermann (1938–2007), French writer of a Jewish family *Liliane Bettencourt (1922–2017), the second ri ...

as Une invitée *

Jean-François Martial Jean-François Martial (12 September 1891 – 18 October 1977) was a Belgian actor who appeared in mostly French films beginning in the silent film era of the early 1910s until his retirement in the early 1960s. Born Martial Joseph Ghislain Fo ...

as L'ingénieur *

Jean Gabert Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean ...

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* Lucette Morenier

References

Bibliography

* Creekmur, Corey & Mokdad, Linda. ''The International Film Musical''. Edinburgh University Press, 2012.

External links

* 1949 films 1949 musical films French musical films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert Films set in Spain French black-and-white films 1940s French films Films scored by Francis Lopez French-language musical films {{musical-film-stub