MA FEMME EST FORMIDABLE

Ma femme est formidable is a French film realized by Andre Hunebelle, release in 1951.

Personal comments : Louis de Funès is marked in the credits, he plays the role a skier who looks for a hotel room, he appears :

3 minutes and 59 seconds at 1 hour, 4 minutes and 3 seconds after the beginning of the movie.

♦ Synopsis :

Sculptor, Raymond Corbier has a formidable woman, Sylvia. It adores it. To save an impassioned admiror who simulates a suicide because it does not answer its advances, Sylvia, irreproachable wife, are obliged to lie for the first time at Raymond. This small lie will put in great danger their happiness. Convinced that Sylvia misleads it with Francis Germain, Raymond declares himself insane in love with Marguerite, the very inaccurate wife of his best friend Gaston Rival. Many comic tests will emerge for the quartet, which will be found in a winter sports resort. At the time of a masked ball, Raymond and Sylvia will reconcile themselves tenderly whereas Gaston understands his misfortune.

Specification sheet :

  • Title : Ma femme est formidable
  • Realization : André Hunebelle
  • Scenario, Adaptation, Dialogue : Jean Halain
  • Production assistants : Jacques Garcia, Jean Bacque
  • Images : Paul Cotteret
  • Operator : Robert Schneider, assisted of Roger Ledru, Guy Suzuki
  • Music : Jean Marion
  • Song : Jean Halain
  • Decorations : Lucien Carré, assisted of Sydney Bettex and Jean Gallaud
  • Suits : Mireille Leydet
  • Dresses : Pierre Balmain
  • Editing : Jean Feyte, assisted of Jacqueline Givord
  • Sound : René-Christian Forget
  • Make-up : Marcel Rey, Odette Carouge
  • Photographer of tray : Guy André
  • Script-girl : Madeleine Lefèvre
  • General manager : Roger Boulais, assisted of Jean Piette
  • Administrator : René Thévenet
  • Interior designer : Roger Bar
  • Shooting from February 14th till April 14th,1951 in the studios Franstudio of Saint-Maurice
  • Film 35mm, black and white
  • Sound system Western Electric
  • Edition : Laboratory G.T.C of Saint-Maurice
  • Production : P.A.C, The Films Pathé (France)
  • Director of production : Paul Cadéac
  • Producer's assistant : Charlotte Choquert
  • Distribution : Pathé Consortium Cinéma
  • First presentation the 05/12/1951
  • Duration : 92 mn
  • Genre : Comedy
  • Visa of exploitation : 10904

 

♦ Distribution :

  • Louis de Funès : The skier who looks for a hotel room
  • Fernand Gravey : Raymond Corbier, sculptor and husband of Sylvia
  • Sophie Desmarets : Sylvia Corbier, the woman of Raymond
  • Simone Valère : Marguerite Rival, the woman of Gaston
  • Alfred Adam : The doctor Gaston Rival, dentist and husband of Marguerite
  • Suzanne Dehelly : The mother of Sylvia
  • Jacques Dynam : Francis Germain, the trumpeter
  • Pauline Carton : The caretaker
  • Alan Adair : Mr Hartley, the Englishman
  • Pierre Destailles : The doorman of the hotel
  • Noël Roquevert : The director of the hotel
  • Max Dalban : A removal man
  • Paul Demange : A removal man
  • Paul Faivre : The taxi driver
  • Anne-Marie Duvernay : The nurse
  • Nicole Jonesco : Henriette, the maid of "Rival"
  • André Gabriello : Him even looking Mr Maurice Escande
  • Raymond Rouleau : He even receiving a slap of Sylvia
  • Paul Meurisse : Him even at the dentist
  • Yves Vincent : Him even in trumpeter
  • Charles Bouillaud : The leader of reception of the hotel
  • Louis Bugette : The tramp
  • Claude Garbe : The young mother
  • Jean-Paul Moulinot : The nearby doctor of Raymond
  • Gaston Orbal : A removal man
  • Andrée Tainsy : The cleaning lady
  • Paul Ville : The caretaker
  • Gianni Esposito : The barman of the hotel
  • Jack Ary : A boarder of the hotel
  • Bernard Lajarrige : Him even playing the belote
  • Harry Max : The night watchman of the hotel
  • Henri Niel : The boy of the nightclub
  • Charles Bayard : The chess player
  • Henri Cote
  • Claude Beauclair
  • Yannick Muller
  • Claude Le Lorrain
  • The parrot "Tino"

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