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À nous deux, madame la vie
1937 1h 35m FR
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9.5
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5.9
IMDB
★9.5TMDB · 2★5.9IMDB · 11
Drama
Synopsis
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Two bank employees like Lucie, their colleague. They steal money from the cash register to gamble. Jean wins and Paul ends up in prison for five years. When he leaves, he discovers that Jean has become a businessman and that he has married Lucie.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
André Luguet
Jean Magnier
Simone Berriau
Lucie
Jean-Louis Barrault
Paul Briançon
Jeanne Marie-Laurent
Lucie's mother
Raymond Aimos
'Toto la Vache', prisoner
Thérèse Dorny
Wife of 'Toto la Vache'
Georgel
Jojo, boss of the musette ball
Paul Amiot
Gaston, bank director
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- René Guissart
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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The take
René Guissart directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 189 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3André Luguet and Simone Berriau and Jean-Louis Barrault carry the top of the cast.
- 4IMDB entry: tt0197121 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 95 min · 1h 35m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
- IMDB rating
- 5.9/10 · 11 votes
Also by
René Guissart
Production companies
Who made it
EDEN Productions
US
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)1937-06-11· Brussels
