Hotel Free Exchange

1934 film
  • 9 November 1934 (1934-11-09)
Running time
95 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

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.

Cast

  • 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

  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.497
  2. ^ Goble p.196

Bibliography

  • 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.

External links

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