Place de la Concorde (1939 film)

Place de la Concorde
Directed by	Karel Lamac
Written by	Edmond Albou Jean Féline Pierre Humbourg Max Kolpé
Starring	Albert Préjean Dolly Mollinger Armand Bernard
Cinematography	Jean Bachelet Alain Douarinou
Edited by	Marianne Blanche
Music by	Paul Misraki
Production company	Les Films Béril
Distributed by	Réalisation d'art cinématographique
Release date	7 January 1939 (1939-01-07)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Place de la Concorde is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Karel Lamac and starring Albert Préjean, Dolly Mollinger and Armand Bernard. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It takes its title from the Place de la Concorde, a major public square in Paris.

Synopsis

After her dress gets caught in the door of the train, a Hungarian-born young woman from the provinces accidentally finds herself carried all the way to Paris. There she meets a chauffeur who is secretly a duke in disguise.

Cast

• Albert Préjean as Le duc Gus de la Rochefouquet
• Dolly Mollinger as Rosy Farkas
• Armand Bernard as Altesse
• René Lefèvre as Ripotot
• Raymond Cordy as Charles, le chauffeur
• Geneviève Callix as Paulette
• Marcelle Praince as La mère de Marion
• Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La lectrice de poème à la radio
• Midlarsky as Le barman
• Maurice Baquet as Papillon
• Claire Gérard as La femme du chef de gare
• Denise Cayrol as Marion
• Bernard Blier as Brioche
• Émile Saint-Ober as Le chef de gare
• Marcel Pérès as Le fiancé
• Betty Spell as La fiancée
• Jacques Henley as Le président du jury

References

1. https://www.unifrance.org/film/2817/place-de-la-concorde
2. Crisp p.10
3. Oscherwitz & Higgins p.355

Bibliography

• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Place de la Concorde at IMDb