Vogue la galère

Vogue la galère is a 1973 French television film directed by Raymond Rouleau. It is based on the play Vogue la galère by Marcel Aymé. The film stars Claude Dauphin and Robert Hossein and is one of the early roles of Isabelle Huppert.

Cast

Claude Dauphin - the captain
Robert Hossein - Simon
Henry Czarniak - Hardouin
Gérard Lartigau - Lazare
Mario David - Hersandieu
Xavier Depraz - Comité
Hubert Deschamps - Nicaise
Guy Di Rigo - Montbusard
Pierre Duncan - Main-Gauche
Marc Eyraud - the defrocked priest
René Havard - Petit Rouquier
Isabelle Huppert - Clotilde
Micheline Luccioni - Marion
Antoine Marin - Argousier
Pierre Massimi - the lieutenant

Broadcast

The film was first broadcast on the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française on 20 December 1974.

Reception

A contemprary review in the Nouvel Observateur found the production deceiving, despite prestigious names in the cast. In 1977 Jean Dutourd found that the production was "the best thing television ha shown us" and commented on the fact that, ironically, that fiction was based on the belief that mankind was inherently bad.