Fifi Martingale

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Fifi Martingale
Directed by Jacques Rozier
Starring Jean Lefebvre
Lili Vonderfeld
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Fifi Martingale is a 2001 French film directed by Jacques Rozier. The film is about a theater company attempting to put on a new play. It was Jean Lefebvre's last film.

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