Miquette (1934 film)

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[1] and Roland Toutain.[2] It is based on the 1906 play of the same name by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers.[3] Further adaptations were made in 1940 and 1950. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.

## Synopsis

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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.

## Cast

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* 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

## References

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1. ^ Lorcey, Jacques (2003). Michel Simon: un sacré monstre (in French). Séguier. ISBN 978-2-84049-353-2.
2. ^ Crisp p.399
3. ^ Tulard, Jean (2013-07-18). Guide des films - Intégrale (in French). Groupe Robert Laffont. ISBN 978-2-221-12486-4.

## Bibliography

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

## External links

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* Miquette at IMDb

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Films directed by Henri Diamant-Berger

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* Fifty-Fifty (1925)
* Lover's Island (1925)
* The Unfair Sex (1926)
* Education of a Prince (1927)
* Paris by Night (1930)
* Alone (1931)
* Moonlight (1932)
* The Three Musketeers (1932)
* Miquette  (1934)
* Arsene Lupin, Detective (1937)
* A Foolish Maiden (1938)
* Whirlwind of Paris (1939)
* Kindergarten (1949)
* Amazing Monsieur Fabre (1951)
* My Priest Among the Rich (1952)
* The Porter from Maxim's (1953)
* Madonna of the Sleeping Cars (1955)
* My Priest Among the Poor (1956)
* C'est arrivé à 36 chandelles (1957)
* The Bureaucrats (1959)

Producer|

* Ravishing (1960)

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