Balthazar is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Pierre Colombier and starring Jules Berry, Danièle Parola and André Alerme.Bessy & Chirat p.185Crisp p.409 It was based on the play of the same title by Léopold Marchand.Goble p.306 It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.
Synopsis On the coast of Provence Germaine Philippe knocks down a man and then assists him. Soon afterwards the stranger is revealed to be the eccentric millionaire Balthazar Lemonnier who then purchases an island just across the villa where she lives with her husband. Everyone in the area tries to ingratiate themselves with the wealthy newcomer. However a rumour spreads that he is in fact a lunatic.
Cast Jules Berry as Balthazar Lemonnier Danièle Parola as Germaine Philippe André Alerme as Albert Philippe Fernand Charpin as Le Gac Robert Arnoux as Boutrot Dany Lorys as La bonne Doumel as Cassini Marcel Maupi as Le charron Paul Fournier as Villor Jacqueline Pacaud as Luce Édouard Delmont as Balicot Lucas Gridoux as Le professeur Berroyer
References
Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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