The Bureaucrats (1936 film)
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| Directed by | Yves Mirande |
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Production company | Paris Ciné Films |
| Distributed by | Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique |
Release date | 15 December 1936 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The Bureaucrats (French: Messieurs les ronds de cuir) is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Yves Mirande and starring Lucien Baroux, Pierre Larquey and Gabriel Signoret.[1]
Plot[]
The film, which is a satire of government bureaucracy, is about public servants who spend so much time sitting in their office chairs that they need to order special cushions for their buttocks. The premise is referenced in the original French title Messieurs les ronds de cuir, which translates into Men with the leather circles, alludes to.
Cast[]
- Lucien Baroux as Lahrier
- Pierre Larquey as Le conservateur
- Gabriel Signoret as M. Soupe
- Saturnin Fabre as Le tondu
- Roger Duchesne as Chavarax
- Jean Tissier as Nègre
- Josette Day as Mme Chavarax
- Arletty as La belle-soeur de la hourmerie
- as La Hourmerie
- Georges Bever as Ovide
- as Sainthomme
- as Mlle de Rocroy
- as Mme La Hourmerie
- Paul Faivre as Van der Hogen
- as Le concierge
- Léonce Corne as Le chef du service des expéditions
Production[]
The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.
References[]
- ^ Andrews p.355
Bibliography[]
- Andrews, Dudley. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.
External links[]
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- French-language films
- 1936 films
- French films
- French comedy films
- 1936 comedy films
- Films directed by Yves Mirande
- French black-and-white films
- Films about bureaucracy
- 1930s French film stubs