Father Lebonnard, a former watchmaker who made a fortune, remains simple while his wife is only dreaming of worldly affairs and pushes his son Freddy to marry Bianca, the daughter of the Marquis de Rocafort, their neighbor. She feeds a similar project for her daughter Mariella.
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Cast
28 people
Ruggero Ruggeri
Le père Antonio Lebonnard
Also in
The Little World of Don Camillo
The Betrothed
Madeleine Sologne
Mariella
Also in
The Eternal Return
Le Dessous des cartes
Jean Aicard
Jean de Limur
Michele Scalera
Jean Murat
Le docteur Andréalaud
Known for
Carnival in Flanders
The Possessors
Maria Basaglia
Salvatore Scalera
Jeanne Provost
La signora Lebonnard
Also in
Monsieur Coccinelle
The Ironmaster
Guido Cantini
Hélène Perdrière
Bianca di Roccaforte
Known for
The Phantom of Liberty
Ákos Tolnay
Known for
Rome, Open City
Jean de Limur Director
First release March 29, 1939
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · March 29, 1939
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Italy
March 29, 1939
Spain
September 18, 1940 · Barcelona
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