Don't Shout It from the Rooftops (French: Ne le criez pas sur les toits) is a 1943 French comedy drama film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Fernandel, Robert Le Vigan and Meg Lemonnier.[1] [2] It was shot at the Marseille Studios in the Unoccupied Zone of France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.
| Don't Shout It from the Rooftops | |
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| Directed by | Jacques Daniel-Norman |
| Written by | Alex Joffé Jean Manse Jean Bernard-Luc |
| Produced by | Jean Le Duc Xavier Revenaz Roger Sallard |
| Starring | Fernandel Robert Le Vigan Meg Lemonnier |
| Cinematography | Léonce-Henri Burel |
| Edited by | Pierre Caillet Jean Sacha |
| Music by | Roger Dumas |
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| Distributed by | Gaumont |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Synopsis
editVincent Fleuret, assistant to a celebrated scientist, is working on a formula to try and prolong the life of flowers. His boss is close to inventing a new type of synthetic fuel. After his death a number of people mistakenly believe that Vincent holds the secret of the scientist's potentially valuable discovery.
Cast
edit- Fernandel as Vincent Fleuret
- Robert Le Vigan as Le professeur Léonard Bontagues
- Meg Lemonnier as Renée Lancel
- Jacques Varennes as Octave
- Thérèse Dorny as Madame Noblet
- Jean Toulout as Le président du tribunal
- Marie-Josée Maffei as Angélica
- Paul Azaïs as P'tit Louis
- Henri Arius as Trapu
- Georges Lannes as Cartier
- Pierre Feuillère as Riquet
- Léon Belières as Monsieur Noblet
- Albert Gercourt as Le professeur Moucherotte
- Marcel André as L'avocat général
- Gaston Séverin as L'avocat de Vincent
- Robert Dalban as Un plombier
- Jacques Berlioz as Le professeur Holtz
- Manuel Gary as Un journaliste
- Lucien Brulé as L'avocat de la défense
- Harry-James as Le premier commanditaire
- Robert Moor as Le deuxième commanditaire
- Jean Daniel as Le groom
References
editBibliography
edit- Moraly, Yehuda. Revolution in Paradise: Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the Cinema of Occupied France. Liverpool University Press, 2019.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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