Frou-Frou

For other uses, see Frou Frou.

1955 film

Frou-Frou

Directed by| Augusto Genina
Written by|

* A. E. Carr
* Cécil Saint-Laurent

Based on| Frou-Frou
by Jacques Laurent
Produced by| Gamma Film (France)
Starring|

* Dany Robin
* Louis de Funès

Cinematography| Henri Alekan
Edited by| Augusto Genina
Music by| Louiguy
Distributed by| Gamma Film

Release date

* 19 July 1955 (1955-07-19) (France)

Running time

| 112 minutes
Countries|

* France
* Italy

Language| Italian
Box office| $17.3 million[1]

Frou-Frou, is a French comedy film from 1955, directed by Augusto Genina, written by A. E. Carr, starring Dany Robin and Louis de Funès. The film is also known as "A Girl from Paris".[2]

## Plot

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Frou-Frou is a 16-year-old peddler. She comes to the attention of four gentlemen who, Pygmalion-like, agree on helping her to improve her situation. They teach her to behave like a lady and introduce her to the upper class. But she falls in love with an unsuccessful artist who commits suicide after he has befathered her with a daughter...

## Cast

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* Dany Robin as Antoinette Dubois called "Frou-Frou"
* Louis de Funès as Colonel Cousinet-Duval, one of Frou-Frou's mentors
* Gino Cervi as Prince Vladimir Bilinsky, one of Frou-Frou's mentors
* Philippe Lemaire as Michel Arthus, the young painter
* Ivan Desny as Henri de Gaspard, Frou-Frou's first lover
* Mischa Auer as Grand duke Alexis
* Jean Wall as Jean Sabatier, one of Frou-Frou's mentors
* Umberto Menalti as Count Sigismond Meursault, one of Frou-Frou's mentors
* Daniel Ceccaldi as Chevalier des Grieux, the young man at the masked ball
* Marie Sabouret as Grande duchess Anna Ivanovna, keeper of a Russian restaurant
* Béatrice Arnac as Rosemonde
* Simone Sylvestre as Ketty
* Mylène Demongeot as The mistress
* Isabelle Pia as Michèle Dubois, Frou-Frou's daughter

## References

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1. ^ "Frou-Frou (1955)". JPBox-Office (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
2. ^ "A Girl from Paris". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2013-07-29.

## External links

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* Frou-Frou (1955) at IMDb
* Frou-Frou (1955) at the Films de France

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The films of Augusto Genina

* Goodbye Youth (1918)
* The Prince of the Impossible (1918)
* The Beautiful Wife (1924)
* The Hearth Turned Off (1925)
* The Last Lord (1926)
* Goodbye Youth (1927)
* The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927)
* The Story of a Little Parisian (1928)
* Scampolo (1928)
* Love's Masquerade (1928)
* Latin Quarter (1929)
* Miss Europe (1930)
* The Darling of Paris (1931)
* The Lovers of Midnight (1931)
* The Woman Dressed as a Man (1932)
* We Are Not Children (1934)
* Forget Me Not (1935)
* The White Squadron (1936)
* Flowers from Nice (1936)
* The Phantom Gondola (1936)
* The Kiss of Fire (1937)
* Woman's Love—Woman's Suffering (1937)
* Castles in the Air (1939)
* The Siege of the Alcazar (1940)
* Bengasi (1942)
* Heaven over the Marshes (1949)
* Devotion (1950)
* Three Forbidden Stories (1952)
* Maddalena (1954)
* Frou-Frou (1955)

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