Miquette (1934 film)

Miquette
Directed by	Henri Diamant-Berger André Gillois Henri Rollan
Written by	Gaston Arman de Caillavet (play) Robert de Flers (play) Henri Diamant-Berger
Produced by	Henri Diamant-Berger Bernard Natan
Starring	Blanche Montel Michel Simon Roland Toutain
Cinematography	Maurice Desfassiaux
Edited by	William Barache
Music by	Jean Lenoir
Production company	Films Diamant
Distributed by	Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date	23 March 1934 (1934-03-23)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Miquette (French: Miquette et sa mère) is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and André Gillois and Henri Rollan. It stars Blanche Montel, Michel Simon and Roland Toutain.^[1] It is based on the 1906 play of the same name by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers. Further adaptations were made in 1940 and 1950. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.

Miquette, a young woman with theatrical ambitions, is tired of working in her mother's tobacconist in the provinces. She leaves for Paris to try and realise her dreams of stardom.

• Blanche Montel as Miquette Grandier
• Michel Simon as Monchablon
• Roland Toutain as Urbain de la Tour Mirande
• Marcelle Monthil as Mme Monchablon
• Pauline Carton as Mlle Poche
• Marthe Mellot as Mlle Majoumel
• Lulu Vattier as Périne
• Serjius as L'impresario
• René Hiéronimus as L'auteur
• Robert Ozanne as Le contrôleur
• André Alerme as Le marquis Aldebert de la Tour Mirande
• Jeanne Cheirel as Madame Grandier
• Jacques Beauvais as Petit rôle
• Germaine Brédy
• Vyola Vareyne

• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.

• Miquette at IMDb

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