''Mercadet'' or ''Le faiseur'' is a 1936 French

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directed by

André Hugon André Hugon (17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. Hugon was born in Algiers in 1886 w ...

and starring

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and

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.Crisp p.407 It was based on an 1848 play by

Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly ; ; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine'', which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is ...

. It is also known by the

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''Le Faiseur''.

Cast

as Monsieur Mercadet *

as Miss Julie Mercadet *

as La Brive *

Alexandre Mihalesco Alexandre Mihalesco (; born Alexandru Mihăilescu, ; 19 October 1883 – 28 December 1974) was a Romanian film actor who largely appeared in French productions.Goble p.2 Selected filmography * '' The Independence of Romania'' (1912) * '' On the ...

as Violette *

Elmire Vautier Elmire Vautier (August 28, 1897 – April 29, 1954) was a French film actress of the silent and early sound era. Vautier starred in several serials alongside René Navarre to whom she was married.Rainey p.25 & p.251 She also appeared frequen ...

as Madame Mercadet *

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as Adolphe Minard *

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as Berchut *

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References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002.

External links

* 1936 comedy films French comedy films 1936 films 1930s French-language films Films based on works by Honoré de Balzac Films directed by André Hugon French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub