The Passage of Venus

1951 film

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.

## Cast

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* 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

## References

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1. ^ Rège p.910
2. ^ "Le Passage de Vénus de Maurice Gleize (1951) - Unifrance".

## Bibliography

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* 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.

## External links

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* The Passage of Venus at IMDb

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