Monsieur Hector

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Monsieur Hector
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Directed by Maurice Cammage
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Georges Clerc
Edited by Myriam Borsoutsky
Music by Casimir Oberfeld
Production
company
Stella Productions
Distributed by Films Sonores Tobis
Release date
  • 13 December 1940 (1940-12-13)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Monsieur Hector is a 1940 French musical comedy film based upon the play by Pierre de Marivaux, directed by Maurice Cammage and starring Fernandel, Denise Grey and Georges Grey. [1] It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcel Magniez.

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Synopsis

An aristocrat and his valet, after disappointments in life, decide to switch clothes and positions during the Nice Carnival.

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References

  1. Quinlan p.178

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