Director: | André Cayatte |
Producer: | Alfred Greven |
Starring: | Danielle Darrieux Lise Delamare |
Music: | Maurice Yvain |
Runtime: | 85 minutes |
Studio: | Continental Films |
Distributor: | L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne |
Language: | French |
Country: | France |
Twisted Mistress (French: '''La fausse maîtresse''') is a 1942 French comedy film directed by André Cayatte and starring Danielle Darrieux and Lise Delamare.[1] It is inspired by the 1841 novel La Fausse Maîtresse by Honoré de Balzac. It was made at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. Location shooting took place around Perpignan in Languedoc-Roussillon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew.[2] It was released on VHS in France by TF1 Vidéo on 1 January 1998.[3] It tells the story of a circus owner's daughter, who plays on a rope, sings two songs, and falls in love with a local rugby player.