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84 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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The Beautiful Adventure
1942 1h 32m FR
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9.0
MASTERPIECE
★9.0TMDB · 1
Comedy
Synopsis
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On the very day of his wedding, Valentin Le Barroyer sees the one he was to marry fly away. Hélène has always loved her cousin André, to the great displeasure of her aunt who had combined the failed marriage. The two lovers take refuge in the Dordogne at the home of Hélène's grandmother who believes them to be really husband and wife. Valentin finds the young couple too late, he only has to console himself with a friend of Hélène's.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Claude Dauphin
Valentin Le Barroyer
Micheline Presle
Françoise Pimbrache
Louis Jourdan
André d'Éguzon
Gisèle Pascal
Hélène de Trévillac
Suzanne Dehelly
Madame d'Éguzon
André Brunot
The Count of Éguzon
Berthe Bovy
Madame de Trévillac
Jean Aquistapace
The uncle
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Marc Allégret
- Languages
- French
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The take
Marc Allégret directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 184 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Claude Dauphin and Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan carry the top of the cast.
- 4IMDB entry: tt0034503 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 92 min · 1h 32m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Marc Allégret
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1942-12-20
