Ni vu, ni connu , is a French

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...

 film from 1958, directed by Yves Robert

Yves Robert

Yves Robert was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.Born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, in his teens Robert went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. To support himself, he worked at a variety of jobs...

, written by Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais was a French writer and humorist born in Honfleur, Calvados.He is the author of many collections of whimsical writings. A poet as much as a humorist, he in particular cultivated the verse form known as holorhyme, i.e. made up entirely of homophonous verses, where entire lines rhyme...

, starring 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...

. The film is based on the novel "L'Affaire Blaireau" of Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais was a French writer and humorist born in Honfleur, Calvados.He is the author of many collections of whimsical writings. A poet as much as a humorist, he in particular cultivated the verse form known as holorhyme, i.e. made up entirely of homophonous verses, where entire lines rhyme...

. The film is known under the titles: "Neither Seen Nor Recognized" (international English title), "L'affaire Blaireau" (France - alternative title), "Fisch oder Fleisch" (West Germany).
Ni vu, ni connu , is a French

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...

 film from 1958, directed by Yves Robert

Yves Robert

Yves Robert was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.Born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, in his teens Robert went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. To support himself, he worked at a variety of jobs...

, written by Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais was a French writer and humorist born in Honfleur, Calvados.He is the author of many collections of whimsical writings. A poet as much as a humorist, he in particular cultivated the verse form known as holorhyme, i.e. made up entirely of homophonous verses, where entire lines rhyme...

, starring 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...

. The film is based on the novel "L'Affaire Blaireau" of Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais was a French writer and humorist born in Honfleur, Calvados.He is the author of many collections of whimsical writings. A poet as much as a humorist, he in particular cultivated the verse form known as holorhyme, i.e. made up entirely of homophonous verses, where entire lines rhyme...

. The film is known under the titles: "Neither Seen Nor Recognized" (international English title), "L'affaire Blaireau" (France - alternative title), "Fisch oder Fleisch" (West Germany).
Ni vu, ni connu , is a French

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...

 film from 1958, directed by Yves Robert

Yves Robert

Yves Robert was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.Born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, in his teens Robert went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. To support himself, he worked at a variety of jobs...

, written by Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais was a French writer and humorist born in Honfleur, Calvados.He is the author of many collections of whimsical writings. A poet as much as a humorist, he in particular cultivated the verse form known as holorhyme, i.e. made up entirely of homophonous verses, where entire lines rhyme...

, starring 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...

. The film is based on the novel "L'Affaire Blaireau" of Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais

Alphonse Allais was a French writer and humorist born in Honfleur, Calvados.He is the author of many collections of whimsical writings. A poet as much as a humorist, he in particular cultivated the verse form known as holorhyme, i.e. made up entirely of homophonous verses, where entire lines rhyme...

. The film is known under the titles: "Neither Seen Nor Recognized" (international English title), "L'affaire Blaireau" (France - alternative title), "Fisch oder Fleisch" (West Germany).

Cast

• 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...
  
   : Léon Blaireau, the poacher of Montpaillard
• Moustache : Ovide Parju, the guard - village of Montpaillard
• Noëlle Adam : Arabella de Chaville, the daughter of the wine-growers
• Madeleine Barbulée : Mme de Chaville, the mother of Arabella
• Claude Rich
  Claude Rich
  Claude Rich is a French actor. He began his career as a theater actor, before his film debut in 1955 with René Clair, Les Grandes Manoeuvres.He married the actress Catherine Renaudin on 26 June 1959...
  
   : Armand Fléchard, professor of piano, loving Arabella
• Frédéric Duvallès : Mr Dubenoit, the mayor of Montpaillard
• Roland Armontel : Léon de Chaville, viticulteur, père d'Arabella
• Pierre Mondy
  Pierre Mondy
  Pierre Mondy, whose real name was Pierre Cuq, born 10 February 1925 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French actor and director.He began his film career in 1949 and has appeared in over 140 films. In 1960, he received international revcognition for the role of Napoléon Bonaparte in the film Austerlitz...
  
   : M. Bluette, le directeur de la prison
• Jean-Marie Amato : Maître Guilloche, avocat et rival politique du maire
• Lucien Hubert : Auguste, un habitant de Montpaillard
• Pierre Stephen : Le procureur de la république
• Robert Vattier: M. Lerechigneux, the judge
• Paul Faivre : Victor, le gardien-chef de la prison
• Jean Bellanger : Un détenu, ex-pedicurist
• Grégoire Gromoff : Grégory, a prisoner
• Henri Coutet : a prisoner
• Max Montavon : a prisoner

External links

• Ni vu, ni connu (1958) at the Films de France