Fric-Frac
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| Fric-Frac | |
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| File:Arletty Harcourt 1942.jpg | |
| Directed by |
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| Screenplay by | Michel Duran |
| Based on | Fric-frac by Édouard Bourdet |
| Produced by | Maurice Lehmann |
| Starring | Fernandel Arletty Michel Simon |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Victoria Mercanton |
| Music by | Casimir Oberfeld |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Fric-Frac is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara and starring Fernandel, Arletty and Michel Simon. It tells the story of Marcel, an assistant to a jeweller, who befriends a couple of criminals who want to use him as an accomplice to rob his boss. The film is based on a 1936 play by Édouard Bourdet. Filming took place in March and April 1939 at the Laboratoires et Studios Eclair in Épinay-sur-Seine.[1] The film was released in France on 15 June 1939.[2]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Fernandel as Marcel
- Arletty as Loulou
- Michel Simon as Jo
- Hélène Robert as Renée
- Marcel Vallée as Mercadier, the jeweller
- Jacques Varennes as Tintin
- Andrex as Petit Louis
- René Génin as Blin
- Georges Lannes as Fernand
- Génia Vaury as La Grande Marie
Production
[edit | edit source]According to Arletty, Claude Autant-Lara did all the direction and Maurice Lehmann was mainly the producer.[3]
References
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