President Haudecoeur
President Haudecoeur is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Harry Baur, Betty Stockfeld and Marguerite Deval. It was shot at the Marseille Studios of Marcel Pagnol in Southern France. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon.
It is an adaptation of the play by Roger Ferdinand.
Synopsis
A magistrate in Aix-en-Provence rules his family tyrannically and forbids his son to marry the girl he loves as he wants him to marry a wealthy heiress. However, his ordered life is thrown upside down when he encounters a charming Canadian lady.Cast
- Harry Baur as President Haudecoeur
- Betty Stockfeld as Mrs. Betty Brown
- Marguerite Deval as Mme Bergas-Larue
- Robert Pizani as Abbot Margot
- Cecil Grane as Pierre Haudecoeur
- Georges Chamarat as Cousin Alexis
- Jean Témerson as Capet
- André Numès Fils as Brouillon
- Marcel Maupi as the gardener
- Sonia Gobar as Antoinette
- Jeanne Provost as Angéline Haudecoeur