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RUNTIME
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Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Miracle Child
1932 1h 19m FR
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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A widow named Blanche Montel endeavours to find a man with whom to produce a child so that she can pretend that the child was her late husband's and so inherit a fortune.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Blanche Montel
Elise
Armand Bernard
Lescalopier
Nadine Picard
Josette
Marcel Vallée
Croche
Robert Goupil
Adalbert
Marguerite Guérau
Berthe
Henri Kerny
Mr. Lansquenet
Henri Marchand
Georges
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- André Gillois
- Languages
- French
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
André Gillois directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 294 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Blanche Montel and Armand Bernard and Nadine Picard carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0188592 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 79 min · 1h 19m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
André Gillois
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1932-06-05
