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- ↑ Jean Tulard, Guide des films, 2 editions Robert Laffont _ 1990, volume 2, page 399
- ↑ Télé 7 jours
- ↑ Carole Weisweiller and Patrick Renaudot, Jean Marais, the beloved, Éditions de La Maule, 2013, page 201
