Keep an Eye on Amelia
| Keep an Eye on Amelia | |
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| Directed by | Claude Autant-Lara |
| Written by | Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost |
| Based on | Keep an Eye on Amelia by Georges Feydeau |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | Danielle Darrieux Jean Desailly Grégoire Aslan |
| Cinematography | André Bac |
| Edited by | Madeleine Gug |
| Music by | René Cloërec |
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| Distributed by | Lux Film |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
Keep an Eye on Amelia (French: Occupe-toi d'Amélie) is a 1949 French-Italian period comedy film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Danielle Darrieux and Jean Desailly and Grégoire Aslan. It is based on the 1908 play of the same name by Georges Feydeau, set in Belle Époque[Paris. It is one of a number of film adaptations to be made of the story.[1] It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.[2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy.
Cast[]
- Danielle Darrieux as Amélie
- Jean Desailly as Marcel
- as Irène
- Julien Carette as Pochet
- André Bervil as Étienne
- Grégoire Aslan as Le prince (as Aslan)
- Roland Armontel as Le général Koschnadieff (as Armontel)
- as Van Putzeboom
- Charles Dechamps as Le maire
- Marcelle Arnold as La dame en mauve
- Lucienne Granier as Palmyre
- Colette Ripert as Charlotte
- Paul Demange as Moilletu
- Albert Michel as Un spectateur (as Albert-Michel)
References[]
- ^ Goble p.891
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Keep an Eye on Amelia". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
Bibliography[]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1949 films
- French-language films
- 1940s historical comedy films
- French films
- French black-and-white films
- Films based on works by Georges Feydeau
- Films directed by Claude Autant-Lara
- Films with screenplays by Jean Aurenche
- Films with screenplays by Pierre Bost
- French films based on plays
- Films shot at Billancourt Studios
- French historical comedy films
- Italian films
- Italian historical comedy films
- Films set in Paris
- Lux Film films
- 1940s French film stubs
- 1940s comedy film stubs