Don't Shout It from the Rooftops

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Don't Shout It from the Rooftops
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Directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman
Written by Alex Joffé
Jean Manse
Jean Bernard-Luc
Produced by Jean Le Duc
Xavier Revenaz
Roger Sallard
Starring Fernandel
Robert Le Vigan
Meg Lemonnier
Cinematography Léonce-Henri Burel
Edited by Pierre Caillet
Jean Sacha
Music by Roger Dumas
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont
Release date
  • 14 July 1943 (1943-07-14)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Don't Shout It from the Rooftops (French: Ne le criez pas sur les toits) is a 1943 French comedy drama film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Fernandel, Robert Le Vigan and Meg Lemonnier. [1] [2] It was shot at the Marseille Studios in the Unoccupied Zone of France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.

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Synopsis

Vincent Fleuret, assistant to a celebrated scientist, is working on a formula to try and prolong the life of flowers. His boss is close to inventing a new type of synthetic fuel. After his death a number of people mistakenly believe that Vincent holds the secret of the scientist's potentially valuable discovery.

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References

  1. Rège p.538
  2. https://www.unifrance.org/film/7612/ne-le-criez-pas-sur-les-toits

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