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La Bonne étoile (1943)
Jean Boyer
  L'Héroïque Monsieur Boniface (1949)
Maurice Labro
  Manon (1949)
Henri-Georges Clouzot
 
     
With its amusing variation on the Cyrano de Bergerac story, La Bonne étoile is a competently directed, yet mildly lacklustre, romantic comedy...  [More...]    [More...]    [More...]  

Uniformes et grandes manoeuvres (1950)
René Le Hénaff
  Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité (1951)
Fernandel
  Boniface somnambule (1951)
Maurice Labro
 
     
 [More...]   Who better to star in Sacha Guitry’s comic morality tale than France’s most celebrated screen comedian, Fernandel. Although best known for his ebullient comic performances in his films of the 1930s...  [More...]    [More...]  

La Table aux crevés (1952)
Henri Verneuil
  Le Mouton à cinq pattes (1954)
Henri Verneuil
  Le Printemps, l'automne et l'amour (1955)
Gilles Grangier
 
     
Having made a number of short films in the 1940s, Henri Verneuil began his film-making career proper in 1951 with this, his first full-length film, adapted from a novel by Marcel Aymé...  [More...]   Fernandel gives not one but six great comic performances in this hilarious comedy from director Henri Verneuil (who is perhaps better known for his crime thriller than burlesque comedies such as this)...  [More...]   This lesser known Fernandel comedy features the great French comic hero in one of his most poignant roles. The fragility of the May to September love affair is beautifully characterised...  [More...]  

Honoré de Marseille (1956)
Maurice Régamey
  Si Paris nous était conté (1956)
Sacha Guitry
  Sous le ciel de Provence (1956)
Mario Soldati
 
     
One of Fernandel’s better comic outings, Honoré de Marseille is tailor-made for the horse-faced comedian and gives him ample opportunity to regale us with his talent for no-nonsense...  [More...]   Often cited as one of Sacha Guitry’s best films, with a cast list most directors can only dream of, Si Paris nous était conté aims to tell the story of Paris through a series of sketches which range...  [More...]   This lesser-known Fernandel comedy is a respectable remake of the classic Italian 1943 film, Four Steps in the Clouds, set in the south of France. The rich colour photography conveys the stereotypical view of Provence...  [More...]  

La Cuisine au beurre (1963)
Gilles Grangier
  L'Âge ingrat (1964)
Gilles Grangier
  La Bourse et la vie (1966)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
 
     
Two French comic legends, Fernandel and Bourvil, are united in this light comic farce, assuming their real life names for the parts they play in the film...  [More...]   This film boasts not one but two icons of French cinema – Jean Gabin and Fernandel. They had previously appeared together in three films in the 1930s before each went on to forge his own path to stardom...  [More...]   An exceptional cast elevates what might have been a routine run-around comedy into an enjoyable romp with wide appeal. Somewhat lighter and far less subversive than some of Jean-Pierre Mocky’s later comedies...  [More...]  

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