Hotel Free Exchange (French: L'hôtel du libre échange) is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Fernandel, André Alerme and Ginette Leclerc.[1] It is based on the 1894 play of the same title by Maurice Desvallières and Georges Feydeau, later remade as the 1966 British film Hotel Paradiso.[2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lazare Meerson.
| Hotel Free Exchange | |
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| Directed by | Marc Allégret |
| Written by | Marc Allégret Jacques Prévert |
| Based on | L'Hôtel du libre échange by Maurice Desvallières and Georges Feydeau |
| Produced by | Alexandre Kamenka |
| Starring | Fernandel André Alerme Ginette Leclerc |
| Cinematography | Roger Hubert |
| Edited by | Denise Tual |
Production company | Or-Film |
| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Cast edit
- Fernandel as Boulot
- André Alerme as Paillardin
- Ginette Leclerc as Victoire
- Raymond Cordy as Bastien
- Saturnin Fabre as Mathieu
- Pierre Larquey as Pinglet
- Pierre Palau as Boucard, le commissaire
- Marion Delbo as Angélique Pinglet
- Marcel Duhamel as M. Chervet
- Raymond Galle as Maxime
- Mona Lys as Marcelle Paillardin
- Anthony Gildès as L'employé du commissariat
- Géo Lastry as Le client bien
- Jacques B. Brunius as Le monsieur du train
- Ariane Borg as Paquerette
- Claire Gérard as La bonne
- Simone Dulac as La dame du train
- Raymond Bussières as Bob
- Serge Grave as Maxime
References edit
Bibliography edit
- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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