Don't Shout It from the Rooftops

Don't Shout It from the Rooftops
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	Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release date	14 July 1943 (1943-07-14)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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.

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.

Cast

• Fernandel as Vincent Fleuret
• Robert Le Vigan as Le professeur Léonard Bontagues
• Meg Lemonnier as Renée Lancel
• Jacques Varennes as Octave
• Thérèse Dorny as Madame Noblet
• Jean Toulout as Le président du tribunal
• Marie-Josée Maffei as Angélica
• Paul Azaïs as P'tit Louis
• Henri Arius as Trapu
• Georges Lannes as Cartier
• Pierre Feuillère as Riquet
• Léon Belières as Monsieur Noblet
• Albert Gercourt as Le professeur Moucherotte
• Marcel André as L'avocat général
• Gaston Séverin as L'avocat de Vincent
• Robert Dalban as Un plombier
• Jacques Berlioz as Le professeur Holtz
• Manuel Gary as Un journaliste
• Lucien Brulé as L'avocat de la défense
• Harry-James as Le premier commanditaire
• Robert Moor as Le deuxième commanditaire
• Jean Daniel as Le groom

References

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

Bibliography

• Moraly, Yehuda. Revolution in Paradise: Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the Cinema of Occupied France. Liverpool University Press, 2019.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Don't Shout It from the Rooftops at IMDb