L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard

L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (English: The Strange Desire of Mr. Bard), is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Géza von Radványi, written by Géza von Radványi, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.[1]

L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard
Directed byGéza von Radványi
Produced byUnion générale cinématographique (France)
Written byGéza von Radványi
René Barjavel
StarringMichel Simon
Louis de Funès
Music byJean-Jacques Grunenwald
CinematographyLéonce-Henri Burel
Edited byRené Le Hénaff
Distributed byA.G.D.C.
Release date
4 January 1954 (France)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Plot

Auguste Bard is a bus driver who lives alone because women don't find him attractive. He suffers with a heart condition and eventually he is told by his doctor that he has only a short time left to live. He decides to take an early retirement. Then he wins a huge amount of money at a casino and can afford to pay the professional dancer Donata to keep him company.

Cast

  • Michel Simon: Auguste Bard
  • Yves Deniaud: Antonio
  • Geneviève Page: Donata
  • Georgette Anys: Julie
  • Louis de Funès: Monsieur Chanteau
  • Paul Demange: the nervous doctor
  • Paul Frankeur: the priest
  • Geneviève Page: Donata Francescati, the dancer
  • Henri Crémieux: Ernest, the grocer
  • Henri Arius: the commissioner
  • Lucien Callamand: the notary
  • Emma Lyonel: the directrices
  • Colette Ricard: Béatrice, the daughter of Julie and Ernest
  • Jacques Erwin: the bailiff at the casino
  • François Carron: the doctor at the maternity ward
  • Maurice Bénard: the casino manager
  • Yvonne Claudie: Caroline
  • Félix Clément or Jean Clément: the first doctor
  • Michel Gerbier: the little boy
  • Claude Ermelli
  • Colette Ravel
  • Jacques Robin
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