Two Doves

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Two Doves
Two Doves poster.jpg
Directed by Sacha Guitry
Written bySacha Guitry
Based onTwo Doves by Sacha Guitry
Produced byAndré Roy
Charles Roy
Starring Pauline Carton
Lana Marconi
Marguerite Pierry
Cinematography Noël Ramettre
Edited by Gabriel Rongier
Music by Louiguy
Production
company
Roy Films
Distributed byLes Films Fernand Rivers
Release date
  • 27 July 1949 (1949-07-27)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

Two Doves (French: Aux deux colombes) is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Pauline Carton, Lana Marconi, and Marguerite Pierry. [1] It was based on a play of the same title by Guitry. [2] It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by art director Louis Le Barbenchon.

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Synopsis

The respectable Jean-Pierre Walter is warned by telephone one day that he has a big surprise coming. It turns out to be his first wife Marie-Jeanne, long thought dead in South America, who happens to be the sister of his second wife Marie-Thérèse.

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References

  1. Bernard & Paucard p.198
  2. Goble p.199

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