The Passage of Venus

The Passage of Venus
Directed by	Maurice Gleize
Written by	Maurice Gleize
Based on	The Passage of Venus by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil
Produced by	Albert-Pierre Barrière
Starring	Pierre Larquey Blanchette Brunoy Annette Poivre
Cinematography	Paul Cotteret
Edited by	Renée Guérin
Music by	Georges Derveaux
Production company	Arca Films
Distributed by	Les Films Marceau
Release date	30 August 1951 (1951-08-30)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Passage of Venus (French: Le passage de Vénus) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Maurice Gleize and starring Pierre Larquey, Blanchette Brunoy and Annette Poivre.^[1][2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré. It is based on the 1928 play of the same title by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil.

• Pierre Larquey as Virgile Seguin
• Blanchette Brunoy as Hortense Bicquois
• Annette Poivre as Gudule
• Frédéric Duvallès as Lazare Chantoiseau - un astronome
• Raymond Bussières as Gigout
• Félix Oudart as Le juge Bulle
• Roland Armontel as Gustave Bicquois
• Al Cabrol as Bibi la Barbouse
• Rivers Cadet as M. Rabusset
• Bernard Charlan as Rémi
• Paul Demange as Trapu
• Maurice Dorléac as Le commissaire de police
• Thérèse Dorny as Zoé Chantoiseau
• Milly Mathis as Mme Rabusset
• Jacques Meyran as Maître Mouche
• Claude Nicot as Pascal Pommier
• Nadine Tallier as Gisèle

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

• The Passage of Venus at IMDb

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