Frederica | |
Director: | Jean Boyer |
Producer: | Suzanne Goosens Marcel Segard |
Based On: | Épousez-nous, monsieur by Jean de Letraz |
Starring: | Charles Trenet Elvire Popesco Jacqueline Gauthier |
Cinematography: | Lucien Joulin |
Editing: | Andrée Danis |
Studio: | Jason Films |
Distributor: | Gray-Film |
Runtime: | 92 minutes |
Country: | France |
Frederica (French: Frédérica) is a 1942 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Charles Trenet, Elvire Popesco and Jacqueline Gauthier.[1] It is based on a play by Jean de Letraz.
Gilbert Legrant a singer and owner of a cabaret is financially bailed out by his girlfriend Lilette. However, she is outraged when she discovers love letters written by him to a woman named Frederica. Frederica is in fact a fictional creation of his ideal woman, but Lilette doesn't believe him. Gilbert's friend gets his own girlfriend Claudine to pose as Frederica, while in turn a real Frederica arrives from Davos causing further confusion.