''The King of Camelots'' (French: ''Le roi des camelots'') is a 1951 French

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

André Berthomieu André Berthomieu (; 16 February 1903 – 10 April 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director. He was married to the actress Line Noro. Selected filmography Director * '' Not So Stupid'' (1928) * '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929) ...

and starring

Robert Lamoureux Robert Lamoureux (4 January 1920 – 29 October 2011) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1951 and 1994. He starred in the film '' The Adventures of Arsène Lupin'', which was entered ...

, Colette Ripert and Yves Deniaud.https://www.unifrance.org/film/111/le-roi-des-camelots The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

Raymond Nègre Raymond Nègre was a French art director born on 13 July 1908 in Domjulien, Vosges, France and died on the 8th of July 1985 in Créteil (Val-de-Marne). He was active in the film industry from the 1930s until the 1970s in more than sixty films of t ...

Synopsis

A young man Robert is initiated into the way of the camelots or street hawkers by the experienced Raymond. Robert is soon a thriving camelot, and begins to teach his own group of protégés.

Cast

as Robert * Colette Ripert as Françoise * Yves Deniaud as Raymond *

Charles Bouillaud Charles Bouillaud (11 May 1904 – 12 June 1965) was a French actor. Selected filmography {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouillaud, Charles 1904 births 1965 deaths French male stage actors French male film actors French male television actors 20th-cen ...

as Emile *

Robert Berri Robert Berri (16 December 1912 – 22 November 1989) was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1979. Selected filmography References External links * 1912 births 1989 deaths French male film actors Male ...

as Grand Jo *

Gaston Orbal Gaston Orbal (1898–1983) was a French stage and film actor.Lorcey p.244 Selected filmography * '' Dédé'' (1935) * ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * '' My Aunt the Dictator'' (1939) * '' Tobias Is an Angel'' (1940) * '' The Suitors Club'' (194 ...

as Le marquis * Jacques Gencel as Jeanjean *

Robert Rollis Robert Rollis (16 March 1921 - 6 November 2007) was a French actor. He mainly starred as a film actor, but also appeared in television and also in theatre in the 1950s and early 1960s. Amongst many roles, he starred in Yves Robert's '' War of the ...

as Fil de fer * Pierre Mazé as Michel *

Geneviève Morel Geneviève Morel (1916–1989) was a French stage and film actress.Bessy & Chirat p.233 Selected filmography * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) − Marinette − une élève (uncredited) * ''Sarajevo'' (1940) − (uncredited) * '' Madame Sans−Gêne' ...

as Mme Marguerite *

Paul Faivre Paul Faivre (3 March 1886 – 5 March 1973) was a French actor. Selected filmography * '' The House Opposite'' (1937) * '' The Lady from Vittel'' (1937) * ''Cinderella'' (1937) * '' Behind the Facade'' (1939) * '' Vidocq'' (1939) * ''Moulin ...

as Le secrétaire *

Jean Carmet Jean Carmet (; 25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor. Life and career Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internat ...

as La Globule *

Lysiane Rey Lysiane Rey (Jacqueline, Andrée, Albertine, Louise Leharanger) (13 November 1922 in Amiens – 1 October 1975 in Maisons-Laffitte) was a French actress. With Albert Préjean she was the mother of actor Patrick Préjean, and the grandmother ...

as Yvette

References

Bibliography

* Hubert-Lacombe, Patricia. ''Le cinéma français dans la guerre froide: 1946-1956''. L'Harmattan, 1996. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1951 films French comedy films 1951 comedy films 1950s French-language films Films directed by André Berthomieu French black-and-white films 1950s French films {{1950s-France-comedy-film-stub