His Greatest Role
Synopsis
Sénéchal, an actor touring the provinces with the "Tournées Carlini" does not meet the success he thinks he deserves. One night in Dreux, he finds himself without his luggage and dressed up as a Foreign Legion officer, he is invited to a party thrown by a colonel. He creates a sensation there and does not leave the colonel's wife ... indifferent! Back in Paris, Sénéchal goes through a similar experience. This time around, wearing tuxedo and top hat, he gets mistaken for a diplomat and charms the guests of a wedding party. Arrested by the police, he chooses to do without an attorney at his trial and his brilliant eloquence has him acquitted. A question remains unanswered though : will all those people who give an ovation in real life ever go to see him on stage ?
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (48)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producers : France Cinéma Productions, Chronos Films
- Foreign production company : Rizzoli Film
- Associate producer : Union Cinématographique Lyonnaise (UCIL)
- Film exports/foreign sales : Editions René Château, Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : Cinédis
Full credits (17)
- Adaptation : Jean-Jacques Rouff, Jean Boyer, Jean Manse
- Screenwriter : Jean-Jacques Rouff
- Dialogue Writer : Serge Veber
- Director of Photography : Charles Suin
- Music Composer : Paul Misraki
- Editor : Jacques Desagneaux
- Sound Recordist : Pierre-Henri Goumy
- Producers : Roger Debelmas, Marcel Roux
- Sound Assistant : Urbain Loiseau
- Assistant Operator : Jean Castagnier
- Camera Operator : Marcel Franchi
- Production managers : Julien Rivière, Roger Debelmas
- Continuity supervisor : Francine Corteggiani
- Production Designer : Robert Giordani
- Art directors : Jean Mandaroux, Jacques D'Ovidio
- Still Photographer : Gaston Thonnart
- Location managers : Georges Testard, Louis Manella
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Themes : Theater
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (Italy, France)
- Production year : 1957
- French release : 24/05/1957
- Runtime : 1 h 35 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 19187
- Visa issue date : 23/05/1957
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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