Madelon (film)

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Madelon
File:Madelon (film).jpg
Directed by Jean Boyer
Produced by
Written by
Starring
Music by Louis Gasté
Cinematography Charles Suin
Edited by Fanchette Mazin
Production
company
  • Filmsonor
  • Gallus Films
  • Les Films Ariane
Distributed by Cinédis
Release dates
2 December 1955
Running time
90 minutes
Country France
Language French

Madelon (French: La Madelon) is a 1955 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Line Renaud, Jean Richard and Roger Pierre.[1] It is inspired by the popular song of the First World War "La Madelon" about Madelon, a waitress working in a country inn encountered by a group of soldiers.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.

Synopsis

In the First World War, Madeleine, a singing waitress who has become of the idol to the French Army travels up to Paris and the Western Front searching for her lover, encountering on the way a variety of different nationalities who make up the Allied forces.

Cast

References

  1. The A to Z of French Cinema p.140

Bibliography

  • Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

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