Madly in Love (1943 film)

Madly in Love (French: Fou d'amour) is a 1943 French comedy film directed by Paul Mesnier and starring Elvire Popesco, Henri Garat and Micheline Francey. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.

Synopsis

The son of a department store owner falls in love with one of the customers. He discovers that she is the goddaughter of a professor who runs a private psychiatric hospital. In order to spend more time with her he decides to pretend to be mad and have himself admitted to the hospital as a patient.

Main cast

• Elvire Popesco as Arabella
• Henri Garat as Claude Sauvin
• Andrex as Ulysse
• Julien Carette as L'homme aux mouches
• Micheline Francey as Solange Perrier
• Marcel Vallée as Monsieur Sauvin
• Jacques Louvigny as Le professeur Hauteclerc
• Fred Pasquali as Le parieur
• Sinoël as Le vieux client
• Jean Rigaux as Le ténor
• Paul Gobert as Le docteur Bardin
• Viviane Gosset as Noémie
• Marcelle Rexiane as La pudibonde
• Simone Allain as Madame Hauteclerc

References

Bibliography

• Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Michael Russell, 1996.

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