My Seal and Them

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My Seal and Them
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Directed by Pierre Billon
Written byCharles de Richter (novel)
Pierre Billon
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Produced by Jacques Bar
Raymond Froment
Starring Marie Daëms
François Périer
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Cinematography Nikolai Toporkoff
Edited by Andrée Danis
Music by Jean Marion
Production
company
Terra Film
Distributed by DisCina
Release date
23 March 1951
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

My Seal and Them (French: Mon phoque et elles) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Marie Daëms, François Périer and Jeanne Fusier-Gir. [1] A separate Swedish-language version My Friend Oscar was also produced.

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It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie on the outskirts of Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.

Synopsis

A fast-living diplomat's uncomplicated life is thrown into disorder when he wins a seal in a raffle. His girlfriend Gabrielle leaves him, but fortunately he meets Diana an Englishwoman who appreciates seals.

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References

  1. Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. De Gruyter Saur. p. 118. ISBN   9783598114922.

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