''Le Lit à colonnes'' () is a
French drama
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film from 1942, directed by
Roland Tual, written by
Charles Spaak
Charles Spaak (25 May 1903 – 4 March 1975) was a Belgian screenwriter who was noted particularly for his work in the French cinema during the 1930s. He was the son of the dramatist and poet Paul Spaak, the brother of the politician Paul-Henri ...
, starring
Fernand Ledoux
Fernand Ledoux (born Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux, 24 January 1897, Tirlemont – 21 September 1993, Villerville) was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began hi ...
and
Jean Marais
Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), known professionally as Jean Marais (), was a French actor, film director, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer. He performed in over 100 f ...
. The scenario was based on a novel of
Louise de Vilmorin. In
Finland
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the film was distributed under the title "Ristikon sävel" (realisation 7 February 1947).
Cast
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Fernand Ledoux
Fernand Ledoux (born Jacques Joseph Félix Fernand Ledoux, 24 January 1897, Tirlemont – 21 September 1993, Villerville) was a French film and theatre actor of Belgian origin. He studied with Raphaël Duflos at the CNSAD, and began hi ...
: Porey-Cave
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Michèle Alfa: Aline
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Odette Joyeux
Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 – 26 August 2000) was a French actress, playwright and novelist.
Biography
She was born in Paris, where she studied dance at the Paris Opera Ballet before taking the stage. Joyeux started her film career in 19 ...
: Marie-Dorée
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Jean Marais
Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), known professionally as Jean Marais (), was a French actor, film director, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer. He performed in over 100 f ...
: Rémi Bonvent
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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 ...
: Jacquot
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Pierre Larquey
Pierre Larquey (10 July 1884 – 17 April 1962) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77.
Selected filmography
* ''P ...
: Ten-Fingers
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Mila Parély
Mila Parély (7 October 1917 – 14 January 2012), born Olga Colette Peszynski, was a French actress of Polish ancestry best known for the roles of Félicie, Belle's eldest sister, in Jean Cocteau's '' La Belle et la Bête'' (1946), and as Ge ...
: Yada
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Georges Marchal
Georges Marchal (10 January 1920 – 28 November 1997) was a French actor.
Born Georges Louis Lucot in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, the strikingly handsome Marchal was discovered in the early-1940s by director Jean Grémillon. By the ear ...
: Olivier de Verrières
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Emmy Lynn
Emmy Lynn (born Emily Leigh; 1889–1978) was a Spanish-born French actress.
Lynn was born Emily Leigh in Barcelona to an English father who worked at the British Consulate and a half-Spanish and half-German mother. She arrived in Paris at the a ...
: the Countess of Verrières
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Valentine Tessier: Madame Porey-Cave
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Jacqueline Champi: Marguerite de Verrières
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Huguette Donga Huguette is a feminine French given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Huguette Bello (born 1950), politician from Reunion
* Huguette Béolet (1919–unknown), French table tennis player
* Huguette Bouchardeau (born 1935), French politic ...
: Elise
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Georges Cadix: Little Maurice
References
External links
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1942 films
French drama films
1940s French-language films
French black-and-white films
1942 drama films
1940s French films
Films scored by Jean Françaix
Films with screenplays by Charles Spaak
French-language drama films
Films based on French novels
Films based on works by Louise de Vilmorin
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