''Moutonnet'' is a 1936 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 o ...

directed by

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and starring

Noël-Noël Noël-Noël (born Lucien Noël, 9 August 1897 – 5 October 1989) was a French actor and screenwriter. Partial filmography * ''La prison en folie'' (1931) - Yves Larsac * '' When Do You Commit Suicide?'' (1931) - Léon Mirol * '' Mistigri ...

, Lucien Rozenberg and Michel Simon.Crisp p.408

Cast

as Moutonnet et Mérac * Lucien Rozenberg as Dumonthal * Michel Simon as Frècheville *

Janine Crispin Janine Crispin (25 June 1911 – 18 June 2001) was a French film and television actress.Goble p.65 Selected filmography * '' Court Waltzes'' (1933) * '' High and Low'' (1933) * ''Song of Farewell'' (1934) * '' Second Bureau'' (1935) * ''The Secr ...

as Élise *

Suzy Prim Suzy Prim (11 October 1896 – 7 July 1991) was a French actress. She was born Suzanne Mariette Arduini in Paris and died in 1991 in Boulogne-Billancourt. She began her screen career as a child actress during the silent era. Selected filmo ...

as Dolly *

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as L'amie d'Élise *

Paul Azaïs Paul François Robert Azaïs (6 May 1902 – 17 November 1974) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1929 and 1966. Selected filmography * '' The Three Masks'' (1929) - Le fils Vescotelli * ''Le défenseur'' ( ...

as Le garçon d'étage * Rodolphe Marcilly as L'esthète prétentieux * Léon Arvel *

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* Jacques B. Brunius *

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* Eddy Debray * Jean Deiss * Allain Dhurtal *

Marcel Duhamel Marcel Duhamel (16 July 1900 in Paris – 6 March 1977 in Saint-Laurent-du-Var) was a French actor and screenwriter, founder of the Série noire publishing imprint. He played The Foreman in Jean Renoir's 1936 '' The Crime of Monsieur Lange''. ...

Louis Florencie Louis Florencie (4 December 1896 – 4 December 1951) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1927 and 1951. Selected filmography * ''Companion Wanted'' (1932) * ''Beauty Spot'' (1932) * '' Suzanne'' (1932) * '' N ...

Anthony Gildès Anthony Gildès (13 August 1856 – 6 October 1941) was a French actor. Anthony Gildès was born Anatole Gleizes in Metz, France. He died in Paris at age 85. Selected filmography * ''The Zone of Death'' (1917) * '' The Torture of Silence'' (191 ...

* Paul Gury * Claire Gérard * Marcel Lupovici * Albert Malbert *

Gaston Mauger Gaston Mauger (13 March 1878 – 18 October 1954) was a French stage and film actor. He made around forty film appearances, including the 1932 thriller ''Narcotics''.Youngkin p.465 Selected filmography * '' The Queen's Necklace'' (1929) * ''Acc ...

* Marcel Melrac *

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Georges Paulais Georges Paulais (16 September 1884 – 12 December 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born in Guimps, Charente, France and died in Chabanais, Charente, France. Selected filmograph ...

* Émile Saint-Ober *

René Wheeler René Wheeler (8 February 1912 - 11 December 2000) was a French screenwriter and film director. He co-wrote the story of the film '' A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) with Georges Chaperot, for which they both received an Academy Award nomination ...

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 French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub