Synopsis
The porter of the celebrated restaurant "Maxim's", Julien Pauphilat, has educated his daughter at Versailles where she is ignorant of his profession. He has even forbidden his mistress Lise to go to Maxim's. But the sudden change of his day off reveals brusquely reveals to him that Lise has a lover, a penniless libertine André du Velin. A few days later, he barely managed to prevent his daughter, who had come to Maxim's to celebrate the passing of her examinations, from discovering her father's true identity. This decides him to give up his job and retire into the country. To this end, he buys André du Velin Castle at a cheap price and installs his daughter there...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (30)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Actor Film, Le Film d'Art (Henri Diamant-Berger)
- Film exports/foreign sales : Editions René Château
- French distribution : Les Artistes Associés
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producers : Charles Smadja, Henri Diamant-Berger
- Adaptation : Henri Diamant-Berger
- Dialogue Writer : François Gérôme
- Director of Photography : Victor Armenise
- Music Composer : Loulou Gasté
- Assistant Director : Henri Toulout
- Editor : Hélène Basté
- Sound Recordist : Louis Hochet
- Author of original work : Yves Mirande
- Camera Operator : René Ribault
- Continuity supervisor : Odette Lemarchand
- Production Designer : Roger Briaucourt
- Location Manager : Philippe Senne
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1953
- French release : 14/08/1953
- Runtime : 1 h 36 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 14075
- Visa issue date : 06/08/1953
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono