Prince of the Six Days explained

Prince of the Six Days
Director:	Robert Vernay
Producer:	Maurice de Roock
Starring:	Adrien Lamy René Ferté Paulette Dubost
Music:	Jacques Belasco
Studio:	C.I.T.A.C.
Runtime:	97 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French

Prince of the Six Days (French: Prince des Six Jours) is a 1936 French sports comedy film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Adrien Lamy, René Ferté and Paulette Dubost.^{[1] [2] [3]} It was filmed in 1933, but not released until three years later.

Synopsis

Toto masquerades as a champion cyclist, Paul Prince, and enters the Six Days of Paris competition

Cast

• Adrien Lamy as Victor Foin, dit 'Toto'
• Coecilia Navarre as Lily
• René Ferté as Paul Prince, le champion de cyclisme
• Marcel Vallée as Petitmaigre, le manager
• Paulette Dubost as Mona, la danseuse
• Robert Ancelin as Teddy, le barman
• Jean Arbuleau as Le speaker à le radio
• Paul Asselin as L'ami sérieux
• Bérétrot as Le speaker du Vel' d'Hiv'
• Raymond Cordy as le manager
• Robert Le Vigan as Fouilloux, un spectateur

References

1. https://www.unifrance.org/film/37004/prince-des-six-jours-ou-popaul-et-sa-danseuse
2. Crisp p.399
3. Rège p.999

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.