My Aunt the Dictator

1939 film
  • 13 July 1939 (1939-07-13)
Running time
95 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

My Aunt the Dictator (French: Ma tante dictateur) is a 1939 French comedy film directed by René Pujol and starring Marguerite Moreno, Armand Bernard and Fernand Charpin.[1] [2] It was based on the play Maman Sabouleux by Eugène Labiche.[3] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Louis Le Barbenchon and Roland Quignon.

Cast

  • Marguerite Moreno as La tante
  • Armand Bernard as Monsieur Nicolas
  • Fernand Charpin as Monsieur Duclos
  • Raymond Aimos as Voiturin - le barbier
  • Pauline Carton as Eugénie - la bonne
  • Jean Sinoël as Le notaire
  • Gaby Wagner as Madeleine Fleur - une chanteuse
  • Christian Gérard as Guy Leroy
  • Jean Dunot as Robinet
  • Jacotte as La petite Jacqueline
  • Henri Charrett
  • Françoise Fleury
  • Anthony Gildès
  • Charles Lemontier
  • Alexandre Mihalesco
  • Pierre Moreno
  • Gaston Orbal
  • Émile Riandreys
  • Walter Rimels

References

  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.445
  2. ^ Rège p.843
  3. ^ https://www.unifrance.org/film/9450/ma-tante-dictateur

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
  • My Aunt the Dictator at IMDb
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