The Fakir of the Grand Hotel (French: Le fakir du Grand Hôtel) is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Armand Bernard, Paulette Dubost and Annie Ducaux.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier.
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| Directed by | Pierre Billon |
| Written by | Jean-Georges Auriol Georges Dolley Léopold Marchand |
| Based on | Le Fakir du Grand Hôtel by Georges Dolley and Léopold Marchand |
| Produced by | Joseph Daniloff Christian Stengel |
| Starring | Armand Bernard Paulette Dubost Annie Ducaux |
| Cinematography | Léonce-Henri Burel |
| Music by | Casimir Oberfeld |
Production company | Dana Film |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Synopsis
editProfessor Demonio, a fakir, impresses a wealthy young man so much that he hires him to teach him to sort out his life, including his romantic entanglements.
Cast
edit- Armand Bernard as Le professeur Demonio
- Paulette Dubost as Estelle
- Annie Ducaux as Suzanne Méria
- Gaby Basset as Titi
- André Burgère as Alain Lecharretier
- Charles Dechamps as Le maître d'hôtel
- Robert Goupil as Lucas
- Maurice Rémy as Éric
References
editBibliography
edit- Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
- Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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