''Three Sailors in a Convent'' (French: ''Trois marins dans un couvent'') is a 1950 French

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directed by

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and starring Frédéric Duvallès, Raphaël Patorni and Jacqueline Dor.https://www.unifrance.org/film/7414/trois-marins-dans-un-couvent The film's sets were designed by the

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Serge Renetteau.

Synopsis

A young

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and two of his companions go to a

convent A convent is an enclosed community of monks, nuns, friars or religious sisters. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The term is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...

try to get hold of his fiancée who has been coerced by her father to become a

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. With the help of an understanding

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matters are eventually smoothed over.

Cast

* Frédéric Duvallès as Le curé * Raphaël Patorni as Le premier moine * Jacqueline Dor as Marie * Dorette Ardenne as Ursule *

Marcel Vallée Marcel Vallée (15 January 1880, in Paris – 31 October 1957, in Fontaine-le-Port) was a French actor, primarily of the theater. He began working in films with Max Linder in 1906. He appeared in some American films. Selected filmography * '' ...

as Pichard * Michel Barbey as Philippe * Lily Genny as Louise * Pierre Brebans as Brissac * Guy Poni as Piccolo * Germaine Stainval as Une religieuse * Madeleine Darnys as La supérieure * Lise Daubigny * Georges Dimeray * Roger Ducamp * Maurice Lambert * Nadia Landry * Jean Mille * Henri Busquet * Marcel Roche

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1950 films French comedy films 1950 comedy films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Émile Couzinet French black-and-white films 1950s French films French films based on plays {{1950s-France-comedy-film-stub