Place de la Concorde (1939 film)

Place de la Concorde is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Karel Lamac and starring Albert Préjean, Dolly Mollinger and Armand Bernard. 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

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.

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