La Vie d'un honnête homme
Encyclopedia
La Vie d'un honnête homme The Virtuous Scoundrel, is a French
comedy
drama
film from 1953, directed by Sacha Guitry
, written by Sacha Guitry
, starring Michel Simon
and Louis de Funès
.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
film from 1953, directed by Sacha Guitry
Sacha Guitry
Alexandre-Pierre Georges Guitry was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the Boulevard theatre.- Biography :...
, written by Sacha Guitry
Sacha Guitry
Alexandre-Pierre Georges Guitry was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the Boulevard theatre.- Biography :...
, starring Michel Simon
Michel Simon
Michel Simon , was a Swiss actor. The actor François Simon is his son.-Early years:...
and Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
.
Cast
- Michel SimonMichel SimonMichel Simon , was a Swiss actor. The actor François Simon is his son.-Early years:...
: Albert and Alain Ménard-Lacoste - Marguerite Pierry : Madeleine Lacoste, wife of Albert
- Laurence Badie : Juliette Lacoste, the daughter of Albert and Madeleine
- François GuérinFrançois Guérin-Selected filmography:* La Vie d'un honnête homme * Mam'zelle Nitouche * The Aristocrats * Maid in Paris * Mitsou * Ramuntcho * Eyes Without a Face * Dear Caroline...
: Pierre Lacoste, the son of Albert and Madeleine - Louis de FunèsLouis de FunèsLouis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was a very popular French actor who is one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel...
: Emile, the valet of the Ménard-Lacoste - Claude GensacClaude GensacClaude Gensac is a French actress in Acy-en-Multien, region of Picardy.Between 1952 and 2003 she played in 42 films.- Filmography :* La Vie d'un honnête homme * Le Journal d'une femme en blanc * Les grandes vacances...
: Evelyne - Léon Walther : Maître Denisot
- Marthe Salbel : Marie, cousin of Ménard-Lacoste
- Pauline CartonPauline CartonPauline Carton was a French film actress. She appeared in over 170 films between 1912 and 1970.-Selected filmography:* Le p'tit Parigot * The Blood of a Poet * High and Low...
: the patroness of the hotel - Lana MarconiLana MarconiLana Marconi was a Romanian-French actress. In 1948 she starred in the film The Lame Devil under Sacha Guitry.- Selected filmography :* Je l'ai été trois fois * La Vie d'un honnête homme -External links:...
: a prostitute, nicknamed "la comtesse" - Georges Bever : the taxi driver
- André Brunot : the doctor Ogier
- Marcel PerèsMarcel PérèsMarcel Pérès is a French musicologist, composer, choral director and singer, and the founder of the early music group Ensemble Organum. He is an authority on Gregorian and pre-Gregorian chant....
: the commissary Vincent - Max Dejean : the innkeeper
External links
- La Vie d’un honnête homme (1953) at the Films de France