Place de la Concorde (1939 film) explained

Place de la Concorde
Director:	Karel Lamac
Starring:	Albert Préjean Dolly Mollinger Armand Bernard
Music:	Paul Misraki
Cinematography:	Jean Bachelet Alain Douarinou
Editing:	Marianne Blanche
Studio:	Les Films Béril
Distributor:	Réalisation d'art cinématographique
Runtime:	78 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French

Place de la Concorde is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Karel Lamac and starring Albert Préjean, Dolly Mollinger and Armand Bernard.^{[1] [2] [3]} 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

1. https://www.unifrance.org/film/2817/place-de-la-concorde
2. Crisp p.10
3. Oscherwitz & Higgins p.355

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.