La Madelon

Oct 28, 1955

1h 30m

★ 4.3

The Madelon

Overview

1914, a small village of the Marne. Charming and woken up, Madeleine, said the Madelon, who works in the coffee(café) of his father, Tourlourou, account of numerous pretenders. To the rich Antoine Pichot, she prefers corporal Beauguitte. When the war bursts, she(it) searches for the latter.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Les Films Ariane

Filmsonor

Gallus Films

La Madelon Trailers

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Cast

Madeleine Thuilier aka 'La Madelon'

Line Renaud

Antoine Pichot

Jean Richard

Corporal Georges Beauguitte

Roger Pierre

Vicar

Pierre Larquey

Gendarme who arrests Antoine

Edmond Chemi

Auguste Thullier

Georges Chamarat

Captain Van Meulen

André Valmy

Aviation commander at Maxim's

Gilbert Gil

Bellboy from Maxim's

Jacques Dynam

Colonel de Saint-Marc

Jean Martinelli

American

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Juliette

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