The Green Jacket

The Green Jacket
Directed by	Roger Richebé
Written by	Gaston Arman de Caillavet (play) Robert de Flers (play) Louis Verneuil
Produced by	Roger Richebé
Starring	Elvire Popesco Victor Boucher Jules Berry
Cinematography	Jean Isnard
Edited by	Jean Mamy
Music by	Marcel Lattès
Production company	Films Roger Richebé
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release date	28 October 1937
Running time	109 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Green Jacket (French: L'habit vert) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Elvire Popesco, Victor Boucher and Jules Berry. It is based on a play by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne.

The film is a farce set against the backdrop of the Académie française.

Cast[]

• Elvire Popesco as La duchesse de Maulévrier
• Victor Boucher as Le comte Hubert de Latour-Latour
• Jules Berry as Parmeline
• André Lefaur as Le duc de Maulévrier
• Pierre Larquey as Pinchet - le secrétaire perpétuel de l'Institut
• Meg Lemonnier as Brigitte Touchard - la secrétaire du duc
• Bernard Blier as Le fils Pinchet
• Abel Tarride as Jacques Durand - le nouveau Président de la République
• Robert Seller as Saint-Gobain
• Palau as Le baron Bénin
• as Arlette Mareuil
• as La voyageuse du train
• Léonce Corne as Le tailleur
• as Le général
• Charles Lamy as Gondrecourt - le doyen de l'Académie française
• as Le domestique des Maulévrier
• as Mourier
• as L'huissier
• Marguerite de Morlaye as Une invitée à l'Élysée
• as Laurel
• as Petit rôle
• Anthony Gildès as Un académicien
• as Petit rôle
• as Un académicien
• as Petit rôle
• as Un académicien

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Forman, Edward. Historical Dictionary of French Theater. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links[]

• The Green Jacket at IMDb

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