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Adrien
1943 Comedy
Review
The pressures of working for Continental Films seem not to have dented Fernandel’s
enthusiasm one iota and in this entertaining farce – which he also directed – the great
comic actor gives a typically ebullient performance. The Nazi-run company was clearly
keen to exploit Fernandel’s popularity, and maybe allowing the comedian to direct the
film was a cheap way of buying his complicity. In any event, it wasn’t Fernandel’s
first directing job – he’d already cut his directorial teeth on Simplet
, made just before the Occupation. It is not hard to see why, in France’s
darkest hour, a film like this would have been greatly appreciated by the masses.
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Director:
Fernandel
Starring: Fernandel, Jean Tissier, André Gabriello, Roger Duchesne, Paul Azaïs Synopsis
Modest bank employee Adrien Moulinet sees an opportunity to achieve wealth and fame, thanks
to his revolutionary invention: the motorised roller skate. But, without money and
experience, how is he to market his new brainchild? He turns to an out-of-work ad-man
Jules to help him. With the support of three women, and a certain amount of good
luck, Adrien soon finds himself being propelled up the social ladder...
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