L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard
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| L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Géza von Radványi |
| Written by | Géza von Radványi René Barjavel |
| Produced by | Union générale cinématographique (France) |
| Starring | Michel Simon Louis de Funès |
| Cinematography | Léonce-Henri Burel |
| Edited by | René Le Hénaff |
| Music by | Jean-Jacques Grunenwald |
| Distributed by | A.G.D.C. |
Release date | 4 January 1954 (France) |
Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (English: The Strange Desire of Mr. Bard), is a
drama film from 1954, directed by Géza von Radványi, written by Géza von Radványi, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.[1]
Plot
Auguste Bard is a bus driver who lives alone because women don't find him attractive. He suffers with a heart condition and eventually he is told by his doctor that he has only a short time left to live. He decides to take an early retirement. Then he wins a huge amount of money at a casino and can afford to pay the professional dancer Donata to keep him company.
Cast
- Michel Simon: Auguste Bard
- Yves Deniaud: Antonio
- Geneviève Page: Donata
- Georgette Anys: Julie
- Louis de Funès: Monsieur Chanteau
- Paul Demange: the nervous doctor
- Paul Frankeur: the priest
- Geneviève Page: Donata Francescati, the dancer
- Henri Crémieux: Ernest, the grocer
- Henri Arius: the commissioner
- Lucien Callamand: the notary
- Emma Lyonel: the directrices
- Colette Ricard: Béatrice, the daughter of Julie and Ernest
- Jacques Erwin: the bailiff at the casino
- François Carron: the doctor at the maternity ward
- Maurice Bénard: the casino manager
- Yvonne Claudie: Caroline
- Félix Clément or Jean Clément: the first doctor
- Michel Gerbier: the little boy
- Claude Ermelli
- Colette Ravel
- Jacques Robin
References
- ^ "L'Étrange désir de Monsieur Bard". cinematheque.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-08.
External links
- L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard at IMDb
- L’Étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (1953) at the Films de France
- L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard at Uni France films
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