Monsieur Hector Explained

Monsieur Hector is a 1940 French musical comedy film based upon the play by Pierre de Marivaux, directed by Maurice Cammage and starring Fernandel, Denise Grey and Georges Grey.^[1] It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Marcel Magniez.

Synopsis

An aristocrat and his valet, after disappointments in life, decide to switch clothes and positions during the Nice Carnival.

Fernandel as Hector
Denise Grey as Maroussia de Dragomir
Georges Grey as Le vicomte de Saint-Amand
Gaby Wagner as Jacqueline Monturot
Raymond Rognoni as Monturot
Madeleine Suffel as Suzanne
Marthe Mussine as La femme de chambre
Alice Deneige as La chanteuse
Rivers Cadet as Le maître d'hôtel
Marfa d'Hervilly as Une vieille cliente
- Pierre Ferval Suzanne Fleurant as Une cliente
- Édouard Francomme Jacques Henley as Un client
Philippe Richard as Le gérant
- Jean-Jacques Steen Jean Témerson as Le Baron Grondin
- Eugène Yvernès Georges Guétary as Danseur tyrolien