''The Brighton Twins'' (French: ''Les jumeaux de Brighton'') is a 1936 French

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directed by

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and starring

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.Crisp p.407 It is based on the 1908 play of the same title by

Tristan Bernard Tristan Bernard (7 September 1866 – 7 December 1947) was a French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer. Life He studied law, and after his military service, he started his career as the manager of an aluminium smelter. In the 1890s, ...

and

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worked on the screen adaptation.

Synopsis

Twins are separated at birth in 1890, with one being raised in the United States and the other in France. More than forty years later they encounter each other for the first time.

Cast

as Alfred Beaugérard et les deux fils Achille *

as Clémentine Beaugérard * Charlotte Lysès as Madame Tupin - La belle-mère * Pierre Finaly as L'avocat * Marcel Maupi as Le garde du corps * Jacques Bousquet as L'oncle d'Amérique * Georges Paulais as Le docteur Paulard * Mila Parély as Antoinette - La bonne de Nancy *

Pierre Piérade Pierre Piérade (born Pierre Émile Gaston Adelgeist; 14 November 1884 – 1 August 1937) was a French comedian, music hall performer, and stage and film actor.Hardt p.242 Selected filmography * '' Little Lise'' (1930) * ''American Love'' (1931) ...

as Le président du tribunal * Mansuelle as L'huissier * Lucienne Masset as La nourrice * Madeleine Milhaud as Madame Achille Beaugérard * Paul Velsa as Le contrôleur des passeports * Geneviève Sorya as La poule du garde du corps * Three Notes Singers as Trio chantant à Brighton *

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as Roberdet *

René Génin René Génin (25 January 1890 – 24 October 1967) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1931 and 1965. Selected filmography * ''Vertigo'' (1935) * '' The Mutiny of the Elsinore'' (1936) * '' The Bri ...

as L'encaustiqueur *

Germaine Aussey Germaine Aussey (born Germaine Adrienne Agassiz, 18 December 1909 in Paris – 15 March 1979 in Geneva) was a French actress who worked with, among others, René Clair, Julien Duvivier, Paul Fejos, Jean Grémillon, Marc Allégret, and Sacha ...

as Nancy Le Bail *

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as Le gamin * Albert Malbert as Le barman * Jane Pierson as La directrice du bureau de placement * Yvonne Yma as Une dame au tribunal

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1936 films 1936 comedy films French comedy films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Claude Heymann French films based on plays Films set in 1890 Films set in Brighton Films about twin brothers Pathé films French black-and-white films Films based on works by Plautus Works based on Menaechmi 1930s French films Films scored by Alexis Roland-Manuel Robert Bresson Films based on works by Tristan Bernard {{1930s-France-film-stub